News

• Al Jazeera

  English language site

• Brookings Institution. Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Sadam Iraq
• CNN Special Report: War in Iraq

  This site was archived in May 2003; only the casualty list is still updated.

• Iraq Body Count
• Iraq Pipeline Watch
• Iraqi Government Links
• NYT - The Struggle for Iraq
• Washington Post: War in Iraq

  [Registration required]

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Post-Saddam Iraq
• U.S. Dept. of State - Iraq Weekly Status Report

News From the U.S. Government

• U.S. Government Accountability Office
• U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

  SIGIR, the successor to the Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG), was created by Congress to provide oversight of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) and all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstr

• U.S. Dept. of Defense Central Command
• U.S. Dept. of State - Country Information - Iraq
• U.S. Dept. of State - Iraq Liberated

News From Alternative Press

• Al Iraqi
• Alternative Resources on US-Iraq Conflict

Country Background

• Country Studies - Area Handbook Program (Library of Congress)

  Published in 1988 but still useful for historical material and social-cultural information.

• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Country Information
• The World Bank Group - Iraq

Chronologies

• Guardian Unlimited Timeline
• Iraq Energy - Compiled by the EIA

  Covers 1980-2005

Post-Conflict Reconstruction

• GlobalSecurity.org - Documents on Iraq reconstruction
• RAND - Nationbuilding
• United Nations - Iraq LIving Conditions in 2004

  This is the latest available.

• Iraq National Human Development Report

  Current project to determine recent conditions.

• World Bank - Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit

Cost

• Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq

  From the Brookings Institution

• U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Audit Report

  The SIGIR audit reports examine how money has been spent on reconstruction efforts and identify fraud and waste.

• Canadian International Development Agency
• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Development Gateway Foundation - Iraq: Relief and Recovery
• USAID - Assistance for Iraq
• USAID - Office of Democracy and Governance
• USAID - Transition Initiatives
• Congressional Research Service: Foreign Contributions to Post-War Iraq

  Updated March 2005

Humanitarian Issues

• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Islamic Relief
• UNICEF
• ReliefWeb
• UN Development Program
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)
• USAID - Country Reports
• USAID - Testimony & Speeches
• UN Assistance Mission for Iraq - Humanitarian Reports

International Perspectives

• RFE/RL Post-Saddam Iraq
• United Nations

  UN News Center about Iraq

• UN High Commission for Refugees
• UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Iraq

Resources and Research Bibliographies

• USIP - Iraq Resources
• Univ. of Michigan - Iraq War Debate 2002-current
• UN - Iraq Map
• University of Texas at Austin - Maps

Data

• Brookings - Global Governance Indicators