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News Coverage of the War
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Attack on Iraq 
 Iraq-related news updated daily including headlines, special reports, daily summaries, audio and video features, galleries and maps, key documents, Canada's perspective, and an impressive collection of links. Searchable. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). http://www.cbc.ca/news/iraq/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Bush's War
Companion to a two-part March 2008 Frontline series "that tells the epic story of how the Iraq war began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government." Features video of the full series, an annotated video timeline, and over 400 extended interviews. Also includes battlefield stories, timelines and maps, reporters' dispatches, and links to other fifth anniversary coverage of the war and related topics. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 3, 2008 Carrier: Life Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz
Companion website to a documentary resulting from "a six-month journey [taken by 17 filmmakers] aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during its deployment to the Gulf in support of the Iraq War." Learn about the ship, the journey, and the crew, through images, interactive features, interviews, video clips, and more. Includes the full episodes, behind-the-scenes material, background information, and related resources. From WETA. http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_3_carrier_2008-04-25 Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated May 6, 2008 Documenting the Return of U.S. War Dead
"On April 5th, 2009, the repatriation of the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Meyers became the first such event to be covered by the press in 18 years. This process has taken place, undocumented, over 5,000 times since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 2001. Collected here are photographs documenting the transfers of nine soldiers that have taken place since April 5th, 2009." From the website for the Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/documenting_the_return_of_us_w.html Topics: U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 24, 2009 Electronic Iraq
"A news portal on the US-Iraq crisis published by veteran antiwar campaigners....offering News & Analysis, Opinion/Editorial, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Aid & Development, Fact Sheets , and Action & Activism ." For daily updates, subscribe by e-mail to the Electronic Iraq News List. Includes related links. http://electroniciraq.net/ Topics: Activism, Nonfiction by Genre, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Frontline: The Invasion of Iraq
Companion site to a February 2004 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline documentary "examining the key strategies, battles, and turning points of the [Iraq] war as seen from both sides of the battlefield." Features interviews, a chronology of the invasion of Iraq, analysis, video clips, a FAQ, related reading and links, show transcript, and a teacher's guide. Note: The Readings & Links section contains some dead links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Great Iraq Conflict Coverage
Annotated links to weblogs and diaries from embedded journalists and other Iraq-related weblogs. Includes links for multimedia coverage, interactive graphics and stories, special war-related topics, and complete coverage pages of multiple news sites. Searchable. From CyberJournalist.net. http://www.cyberjournalist.net/great_iraq_conflict_coverage/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Guardian.co.uk: Iraq
News stories about the current U.S.-Iraq crisis, plus some relevant external links. From the website of the British newspaper The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iraq Topics: International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 13, 2008 Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story
Collection of material from August 2006 about "Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, [who] was kidnapped by Sunni Muslim insurgents in Baghdad on Jan. 7, 2006," and held for 82 days before her release. Features articles by Carroll about her experiences as a hostage, news coverage from the time of her kidnapping, video clips, photos, a blog, and related material. From the Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/carroll/index.html Topics: Notable People, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 21, 2006 How Iraq's War Shaped Our World
Two March 2008 radio programs that consider the impact of the war in Iraq on the occasion of its five-year anniversary. The series is based on the premise that "[i]t's been said that, if 11th September 2001 was the day the world changed for America, then 20th March 2003 was the day America changed for the world." From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio World Service. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2008/02/080225_iraq_war_shaped_two.shtml Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 11, 2008 Iraq Coverage Resources
Designed for journalists and regularly updated, this resource includes news from The Poynter Institute's embedded reporter, special articles and reports, a war and terrorism coverage discussion forum, and several e-mail newsletters and alerts available by sign-up. The site also has links to resources on the war with Iraq and related topics. From Poynter Online. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=20231 Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Iraq War, 2003 Web Archive
This Iraq War Web archive contains historical "U.S. government sites, foreign government sites, public policy and political advocacy groups, educational organizations, religious organizations, support groups for military personnel, anti-war groups, sites that target children, and news sources." As of April 2009, archived material is available for March 13 through June 30, 2003. Later material will be added in phases. Searchable; or browse by subject, name, or title. From Minerva, Library of Congress Web Archives. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/iraq/iraq-overview.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 13, 2009 Iraq War: The Five-Year Anniversary
March 2008 articles and audio slide show in which "five Minnesotans talk about how the war has changed their lives." People interviewed include the mother of the first Minnesotan killed in Iraq, an officer in Iraq, a peace activist, and a former Iraqi citizen. Also includes links to related content. Site requires free registration for multiple viewings. From the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul. http://www.startribune.com/projects/16446946.html Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 11, 2008 IraqJournal.org
"Regular reports from Iraq, coordinated by Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill." This site initially featured on-the-ground reporting, but after March, 2003 became primarily useful for an extensive collection of related links pointing to news, articles, clips from radio programs, videos, photographic essays, lists of war casualties, and more. http://www.iraqjournal.org/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 14, 2003 The Leaked Iraq War Documents
In early May of 2005, the British newspaper The Times received and published leaked classified documents from 2002 about the Bush administration's case for the invasion of Iraq, including the so-called Downing Street Memo. The newspaper's website provides access to the several stories written about the documents and related events, with links to the documents themselves. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article535913.ece Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Feb 12, 2007 The Long War Journal
Blog of embedded journalist Bill Roggio, "covering the advances of U.S. led efforts in the War on Terror, and the stabilizing of Iraq and Afghanistan." Archives go back to 2004. Includes links to published articles, recommended reading, and related websites. http://www.longwarjournal.org/ Topics: Politics by Place, September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 1, 2007 Marine Corps News
News stories and photographs by Marine Corps correspondents in Iraq. Part of the official United States Marine Corps website. http://www.usmc.mil/news/Pages/usmcnews.aspx Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 4, 2008 A Nation at War
Complete coverage of the war in Iraq from The New York Times , with related domestic and international news. Includes multimedia coverage, wire news, interactive graphics, maps, Gulf War archived articles, and more. Requires free, one-time registration; there is a sign-up option for e-mail news alerts. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 NewsLab Links for Journalists: Internet Resources for Covering Iraq
Links to online resources for journalists covering the conflict with Iraq, focusing on the region and the work of war journalism. From NewsLab (a nonprofit organization associated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism), the Project for Excellence in Journalism, and the Park Foundation. http://www.newslab.org/links/iraqlinks.htm Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Oct 11, 2003 Region: Iraq
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting),"the national media watch group [that] has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986," offers their analysis of news articles about the situation in Iraq. Related links and broadcasts from "Counterspin," their weekly radio program, are also included. http://www.fair.org/international/iraq.html Topics: Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein Death: Resources for Journalists
Links to material about the December 2006 execution by hanging of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Topics include international press coverage, how the execution technique was selected, summary executions under Saddam's regime, history of execution pictures, and brief descriptions of several forms of hanging. Also includes background about Saddam's relationship with the United States. From the Poynter Institute. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=115898 Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 2, 2007 The Span of War
Collection of human interest stories related to U.S. armed forces in Iraq. Covers topics such as families of soldiers, injuries and deaths, immigrant soldiers, the recruitment gap, National Guard training, and mental health concerns. Includes images and audio of the programs. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1078 Topics: U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 TomDispatch.com
This blog "is researched, written and edited by Tom Engelhardt, a fellow at the Nation Institute, for anyone in despair over post-September 11th US mainstream media coverage of our world and ourselves. The service is intended to introduce you to voices from elsewhere (even when the elsewhere is here) who might offer a clearer sense of how this imperial globe of ours actually works." http://www.tomdispatch.com/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Politics, Politics by Place, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 The War on Terrorism - Iraq
Librarian-selected and annotated links to Iraq-related websites, including country information; government reports; maps; military and war-related sites; news-related sites and special news reports; nongovernmental organizations; reports from other organizations; Saddam Hussein; sanctions, human rights, and the anti-war movement; and United Nations and weapons inspection sites. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06003/637667.stm Topics: Activism, Country Studies by Continent, Government, Regions of the World, Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jan 28, 2006 War Report: Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
Selected links to news stories, articles, documents, and analyses. Compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives, a program of the Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. http://www.comw.org/warreport/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 6, 2003 Yahoo! News: Iraq
Includes speeches, opinions, editorials, articles, audios/videos, and graphics. More links are provided to related Web sites on the conflict with Iraq. From Yahoo! News. http://news.yahoo.com/topics/iraq Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 14, 2009 |
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