Resources
Websites
Organisations operating, or that have operated, in Iraq
NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq, NCCI www.ncciraq.org
Reliefweb http://www.reliefweb.int
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq http://www.uniraq.org/
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://ochaonline.un.org/
IRIN News http://www.IRINnews.org
UNICEF http://www.unicef.org
World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=368
United Nations Development Programme http://www.iq.undp.org/
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/country/irq/en/
Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees http://www.unhcr.org
Red Cross Movement: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq?OpenDocument
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)/Iraqi Red Crescent http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn5.asp?countryid=87
Save the Children http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
Merlin http://www.merlin.org.uk/
International Medical Corps http://www.imcworldwide.org
War Child http://www.warchild.org
Medair http://www.medair.org/
OXFAM http://www.oxfam.org/
Islamic Relief http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/Appeal/iraq.htm
Christian Aid http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/
CAFOD http://www.cafod.org.uk/where_we_work/middle_east/iraq
Research guides/sites
Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement http://www.brook.edu/fp/projects/idp/about_us.htm
Brookings Institution Iraq Index http://www.brookings.edu/iraqindex
Refugees International www.refugeesinternational.org
INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Iraq http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/Iraq.html
Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern resources http://www.ex.ac.uk/library/internet/arabic.html
Columbia University: Middle East and Jewish Studies research guide http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Iraq.html
United States Institute of Peace Iraq web links http://www.usip.org/library/regions/iraq.html
The Economist http://www.economist.com/countries/Iraq/
Arab Net http://www.arab.net/iraq/
Arab Gateway: quick briefing on Iraq http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/iraq.htm
The CIA World Factbook 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Library of Congress Federal Research Division Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html
Iraq Journal http://www.iraqjournal.org/
Global IDP Database: Iraq Information Menu http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountries)/718916EEB6743EEF802570A7004CB9B9?opendocument&count=10000
International Crisis Group: Iraq Menu www.icg.org
Media
Arab media http://www.al-bab.com/arab/newspapers.htm
Reuters: latest Iraqi war news http://affiliate.espotting.com/search/redirector.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi%2Ereuters%2Eco%2Euk%2Firaq%5Fes&bidid=74386427&searchguid
Iraq Net Information Network http://www.iraq.net/
BBC World News: Middle East http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm
Daily Star (English language newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Google News: Iraq http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=iraq&btnG=Search+News
Iraq Daily, published by the World News Network (This is not the same publication previously published by the Iraq government under the same name) http://www.iraqdaily.com/
Al-Jazeera (English version of Arabic Paper) http://english.aljazeera.net/
Al-Jazeera (Arabic language website) http://www.aljazeera.net/
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) News: Iraq http://www.ipsnews.net/iraq/index.asp
Reporters Without Borders http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=43
UNWire http://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/
Miscellaneous
Conflict in Iraq: Concerns and Consequences, a website hosted by BASIC, ISIS and Saferworld http://www.iraqconflict.org/
Global Policy Forum (monitors global policy making at the United Nations) http://www.globalpolicy.org/
on Iraq crisis: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqindx.htm
on international law and war on Iraq: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/attack/lawindex.htm
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (CASI) http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/casi/
The Iraq Foundation Website http://www.iraqfoundation.org/
The Iraq Action Coalition (IAC) http://iraqaction.org/
Development Gateway: Iraq Relief and Recovery http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/481546/
Books and reports
- Baram, Amatzia.Between Impediment and Advantage: Saddam's Iraq.Between Impediment and Advantage: Saddam's Iraq. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1998.
- Baram, Amatzia. 'The Effect of Iraqi Sanctions: Statistical Pitfalls and Responsibility'.Middle East JournalMiddle East Journal 54(2) (Spring 2000): pp. 194-223.
- Baram, Amatzia. 'Two Roads to Revolutionary Shi'ite Fundamentalism in Iraq'. InAccounting for Fundamentalism: The Dynamic Character of MovementsAccounting for Fundamentalism: The Dynamic Character of Movements, Martin E. Marty and Scott
- Appelby (eds.), Chicago: University of Chicago Press and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994, pp. 531-590.
- Brown, Sarah Graham.Sanctioning Saddam.Sanctioning Saddam. London, New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 1999.
- Brown, Sarah Graham, and Toensing, Chris.Why Another War? A Backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis.Why Another War? A Backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis. 2nd edition. Washington, DC: Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), December, 2002. - http://www.merip.org/iraq_backgrounder_102202/iraq_background2_merip.pdf
- Butler, Richard.Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security,Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security, 2000.
- Cockburn, Andrew and Cockburn, Patrick.Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein,Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, 1999.
- Coughlin, Con.Saddam: King of TerrorSaddam: King of Terror, Ecco, 2002.
- Dammers, Chris, 'Iraq', in Janie Hampton (ed.),Internally Displaced People: A Global SurveyInternally Displaced People: A Global Survey, London 1998
- Dabrowska, Karen.Iraq: The Bradt Travel GuideIraq: The Bradt Travel Guide, USA, 2002.
- Farouk-Sluglett, Marion.Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to DictatorshipIraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship, 1990.
- Forced Migration Review: Special Issue: Iraq’s Displacement Crisis: the search for solutionsForced Migration Review: Special Issue: Iraq’s Displacement Crisis: the search for solutions. June 2007, http://www.fmreview.org/iraq.htm
- Ghareeb, E.,The Kurdish Question in IraqThe Kurdish Question in Iraq, 1981.
- Hamzah, Khidr Abd Al-Abbas.Saddam's Bombmaker: The Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Weapons AgendaSaddam's Bombmaker: The Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Weapons Agenda, 2000.
- Hansen, Greg, Briefing Paper:Taking Sides or Saving Lives: Existential Choices for the Humanitarian Enterprise in IraqTaking Sides or Saving Lives: Existential Choices for the Humanitarian Enterprise in Iraq, Humanitarian Agenda 2015 Country Study, Feinstein International Center, June 2007, http://fic.tufts.edu/downloads/HA2015IraqCountryStudy.pdf
- Hiro, Dilip.Iraq: In the Eye of the StormIraq: In the Eye of the Storm, 2002.
- Hiro, Dilip.Neighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran After the Gulf WarsNeighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran After the Gulf Wars, 2001.
- Hoskins, Eric, Das, Rupen, Doebbler, Curtis, Dyregrov, Atle, Galanis, Kali, Koc, Mustafa, Nutt, Samantha, Raundalen, Magne, and Sutton, Tara,Our Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi ChildrenOur Common Responsibility: The Impact of a New War on Iraqi ChildrenReport of International Study Team. Toronto: War Child Canada, 20 January 2003. - http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2003/wv-irq-26jan.pdf
- Ismael, T.Y.,Iraq and IranIraq and Iran, 1982.
- Karsh, Efraim.Saddam Hussein: A Political BiographySaddam Hussein: A Political Biography, 1991.
- Khalil, Samir.Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern IraqRepublic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, 1989.
- Mackey, Sandra.Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam HusseinReckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, 2002.
- Makiya, Kananis.Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern IraqRepublic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq. Revised Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
- Marr, P.,The Modern History of IraqThe Modern History of Iraq, 1985.
- McDowell, David.Modern History of the KurdsModern History of the Kurds, 1996.
- Mylrorie, Laurie.Study of Revenge: The First World Trade Center Attack and Saddam Hussein's War Against AmericaStudy of Revenge: The First World Trade Center Attack and Saddam Hussein's War Against America, 2001.
- NCCI and Oxfam GB, "IRAQ EMERGENCY SITUATION", Trends in violence,Humanitarian needs, PreparednessHumanitarian needs, Preparedness, May 2006, http://www.ncciraq.org/IMG/pdf/NCCI_-_Iraq_Emergency_Situation_-_Final_Report_-_2nd_May_2006.pdf
- NCCI,Iraq Humanitarian Crisis Situation and NGOs ResponsesIraq Humanitarian Crisis Situation and NGOs Responses, May 2007, http://www.ncciraq.org/spip.php?article1742
- Pollack, Kenneth M.Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading IraqThreatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq, 2002.
- Ritter, Scott.Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem - Once and For AllEndgame: Solving the Iraq Problem - Once and For All, 1999.
- Roux, G.,Ancient IraqAncient Iraq, 1965, reprinted 1976.
- Sasson, Jean P.Rape of Kuwait: The True Story of Iraqi Atrocities Against a Civilian PopulationRape of Kuwait: The True Story of Iraqi Atrocities Against a Civilian Population, 1991.
- Simons, G. L.Iraq: From Sumer to SaddamIraq: From Sumer to Saddam, 1994.
- Spencer, William.Iraq: Old Land, New Nation in ConflictIraq: Old Land, New Nation in Conflict, 2000.
- Timmerman, Kenneth.Death Lobby: How the West Armed IraqDeath Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq, 1991.
- Tripp, Charles.History of Modern IraqHistory of Modern Iraq, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Zaidi, Sarah, Benjamin, Elisabeth Ryden, Clements, Charles, McCally, Michael, Pellett, Peter, VanRooyen, Michael, Waldman, Ronald Jay, and Ghaemi, Hadi,The Human Costs of War in IraqThe Human Costs of War in Iraq. Brooklyn, NY: Centre for Economic and Social Rights, 2003. - http://www.cesr.org/iraq/docs/humancosts.pdf.
