CONFLICT WITH IRAQ

Be sure and check On-Line Databases – SIRS and NEWSBANK.

**Librarians Index to Internet http://lii.org/warandpeace Excellent collection of web sources related to Internet.

President Bush Ends Diplomacy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42675-2003Mar17.html Full text of

President Bush’s 3/17/03 Speech giving the 48 hour ultimatum.

The French Regarding Bush Ultimatum http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/actu/actu.gb.asp

President Chirac, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin give their opinions regarding Bush’s ultimatum and

daily updates on Iraq.

Security Council Resolution 1441 http://www.un.int/usa/sres-iraq.htm This is text of the resolution that was adopted

Nov. 8, 2002 Gives Iraq a “final opportunity” to disarm.

Resolution to authorize the use of U.S. Armed Forces against Iraq http://www.usembassy.it/file2002_10/alia/a2101002.htm Congress passed this on Oct 10, 2002.

Kurdistan Regional Government http://www.krg.org/ The KRG is the authority that rules over much of the liberated area

of Iraqi Kurdis.

Who’s Who in the Iraqi Opposition http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/iraqiopposition.html PBS provides information and

links to the Iraqi National Congress, Iraqi National Accord (INA), Kurdish Nationalists and the Supreme Council of Islamic

Revolutionary Iraq.

DefenseLINK http://www.defenselink.mil An extensive list of links to U.S. military organizations, news, fact sheets and

information.

United Nations Security Council http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/ All Security Council Resolutions (including those about Iraq),

minutes of meeting news, daily programme and live or on-demand Webcasts of UN meetings.

UNMOVIC (United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission ) http://www.un.org Click on

Welcome then click on Peace and Security.

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IAEA in Iraq http://www.iaea.org/index.html The International Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA) is responsible for the nuclear aspects of the weapons inspections of Iraq.

U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov The offical site of the Dept. of state. Includes an Iraq Country Page, as

well as US relations with countries such as Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey etc.

White House: National Security http://www.whitehouse.gov/response/index.html Links to coverage of the President in

“National Security Headlines” and “National Security Issues” including Iraq.

Crisis in Iraq http://www.ceip.org/files/Iraq/index.htm News, analysis and multimedia resources from the Carnegie

Endowment for International Peace.

Iraq Briefing Book http://www.csis.org/ Center for Strategic & International Studies information on Iraq

and inspections, the cost of war, strategy, Iraqi order of battle, Iraq and terrorism, etc.

U.N. Oil-For-Food Programme http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/

Azores Summit Press Conference http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34956-2003Mar16.html This is the

text of the press conference given by Bush, Tony Blair, and Jose Aznar when they announced there is only one more day for

diplomacy about Iraq.

Azores Summit Statement http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2855567.stm Written statement by Bush, Blair and

Aznar concerning their summit meeting in the Azores, March 16, 2003.

United Kingdom’s “six tests” to measure Iraqi compliance http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3263.asp Six

tests by which Iraqi compliance would be measured.

Proposed US, UK & Spain Security Council Resolution http://c-span.org/resources/fyi/draftresolution2.asp Text of a

Draft Resolution submitted by the U.S.

the U.K. & Spain to the UN regarding Iraqi compliance with Security Council Resolution 1441.

UN Documentation Centre http://www.un.org/documents/ United Nations documentation on Resolutions, Documents,

Statement Decisions, Press Releases of the Security Council, General Assembly, Economic & Social Council, the Secretariat

and the International Court of Justice.

Memo submitted by France, Germany & Russia on Iraq weapons inspections http://c-span.org/resources/fyi/frenchresolution.asp This memo was dated Feb 24, 2003 and gives more time and a clear program of action for inspections, etc.

Transcripts from U.S. State Dept. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/washfile/iraq.shtml An extensive list of official transcripts

of White House, Defense Dept., and State press briefings plus speeches of interest to the State Dept. around the world, fact

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