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Terrorism, Iraq and Afghanistan:
Governmental and Non-Governmental Resources

Resources selected by Government Publications Librarians

NOTE: The SEPTEMBER 11, 2001" section has moved below, under United States.

IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN (Governmental and Non-Governmental Websites):

GENERAL RESOURCES:
  • NewsFlash: War in Iraq, Microform & Newspaper Collections, University of Washington Libraries. "The purpose of this Web site is to link to a variety of resources, including military implementation of the war, recent policies and political implications that led to this situation, role of international law and the United Nations and, most importantly, substantive sources of information from all sides on what the war in Iraq means in terms of our geopolitical world."

  • Books:

  • "Cambridge Solidarity with Iraq (CASI) provides information about the humanitarian situation in Iraq and its context. It aims to raise awareness of the effecs on Iraq of the sanctions which were in place until May 2003, and previously campaigned on humanitarian grounds for the lifting of non-military sanctions. CASI does not support or have ties to the government of Iraq." Former was known as "Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq". This website brings together many significant full-text UN documents, such as Confidential UN Document Predicts Humanitarian Emergency in Event of War on Iraq.

  • DETENTION, INTERROGATION, CONFESSIONS, and TRIALS.

  • COSTS: Monetary, Medical and Other (See "Deaths and Casualties" below)

  • DEATHS and CASUALTIES
    (WAR and AFTERMATH ESTIMATES BASED ON NEWS MEDIA and GOVERNMENT SOURCES):
  • FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS:
  • GOVERNMENT VIEWS of IRAQ was prepared by Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief, Government Documents Division, Cohen Library, The City College of New York. "Here are some online primary resources to help fill in the background. This site concentrates on Government documents and information about Iraq. While the bulk of the resources are from the United States, there are resources from Britain, other members of the "Coalition of the Willing" and the United Nations as well..."

  • INTERNATIONAL LAW:
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Iraq and Arms Control, A SIPRI Archive. "This SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institutie) Internet page presents a chronological collection of excerpts from SIPRI’s published research findings on Iraq."

  • MAPS from the University of Texas, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection:

  • UNITED NATIONS UNITS and DOCUMENTS CONCERNING IRAQ:
  • SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

    GENERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON TERRORISM

    UNITED STATES

    By Branch of the U.S. government:

  • SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:
     The 9/11 Commission Report : Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
    (Access by Full Report or Sections/Chapters or Executive Summary)

    September 11: Crisis in Context
    "These resources have been identified by University of Washington librarians to assist research into the tragedies of September 11, 2001 and related issues. We encourage the University community to make use of these pages, the UW Libraries homepage and our physical, in-print collections of nearly six million cataloged volumes. Please continue to re-visit this site as it grows in the weeks to come."

    U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations:

    For additional information see the United States Federal Government Resources, Government Publications, UW Libraries.

    FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS:

      AUSTRALIA
      • David Hicks - Five Years Without Justice by the Law Council of Australia. "This page contains links to a variety of material relevant to the issue justice for Australian Citizen, David Hicks." David Hicks was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, detained by the U.S. Government. (The Law Council is Non-Governmental.)

      CANADA

      • "Arar Commission Factual Inquiry [Commission of Inquiry into the actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar], Report of the Events Relating to Maher Arar...." Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was subject to extraordinary rendition (detention and torture outside the US) by the US Government, based in large part on information supplied by Canada.

      UNITED KINGDOM

        CENTRAL GOVERNMENT:
        • The Downing Street Memo:
          "The secret Downing Street memo Date: 23 July 2002" as published by Timesonline/The Sunday Times - Britain, May 01, 2005 UK.
        • PARLIAMENT:
          • Foreign, Affairs Committee, House of Commons, Parliament, "Foreign Affairs Committee: Reports and Publications.", Includes, by session, from about 2001, recurring reports entitled "Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism". Additionally, look for reports on Iraq, Afghanistan, the Russian Federation, the Israel-Palestine conflict, Weapons of Mass Destruction, "The Decision to Go to War", biological weapons, etc. Includes recommendations, minutes, evidence, and links to a list of evidence and reports on these and other topics published by the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2001.
          • Intelligence and Security Committee "...operates within the ‘ring of secrecy’ and has wide access to the range of Agency activities and to highly classified information...." Site includes many links to full-text copies of important reports on security incidents and policy issues, such as bombings in London 7 July 2005 and in Bali 12 October 2002, and Guantanamo Bay imprisonments by the United States.
          • Military Action in Iraq.
            "This page lists Parliamentary material on Iraq produced between September 2002 and June 2004."
        • Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction, report of a committee of Privy Councilors.

        LONDON "is the official website for the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority."

        • London Assembly:
            7 July Review Committee has been set up to examine the lessons to be learned from the response to the London bombings on 7 July [2005], and in particular communications to people in London during the day." See webpage for reports and other information.

    INTERNATIONAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS:

    BOOKS: COUNCIL OF EUROPE
    EUROPEAN UNION
    UNITED NATIONS:

    For additional information see the International Inter-Governmental Resources webpage, Government Publications, UW Libraries.

    WASHINGTON STATE/LOCAL GOV. and Other STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

    • Access Washington, the State of Washington Homepage. Type the word "terrorism" in the search box on this page.
    • State Government and Politics by the U. of Michigan Library, Documents Center. An excellent general collection of state and local government resources will be found here.
    • FirstGov.gov, the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal.
      See links on the top left to State, Local and Tribal governments, in additional to the many U.S. Government links. Also, on the top right see the tab "Government-to-Government".
    For additional information see the Pacific Northwest State and Local Resources, Government Publications, UW Libraries.

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