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"How do we know you aren't a couple of crackpots?" - rink

Map and Basic Info on Iraq - CIA

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html

Blog From Iraq
updated a couple of times a day and appears to be from someone in Baghdad with a net connection. It is estimated that only some thousands have net access in Iraq and that they are mainly regime employees. So this is fascinating if only to judge who and where it might be coming from. Has screen shots from Iraqi TV and pics. NB: Some ISPs treat underscores as illegal in hostnames. Depending on your ISP you may not be able to access this blog address. We are now posting extracts every few hours.

http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

Cybermonk - Essays by Dr Paul Monk

Paul Monk received his PhD in international relations from the Australian National University. He then worked for 6 years for the Defence Intelligence Organisation on East Asia, becoming head of China analysis and chairman of the interagency working groups on Korea and China. Currently he is also Research Associate at the School of Asian Studies at Latrobe University.

The Rhetorical Rules of Engagement:Reflections on the Iraq war, with particular focus on the importance of carefully considering those arguments which weigh against your instinctively held position. Fully footnoted version
Also: The United Nations at the Cross Roads

http://www.austhink.org/

DEFECTORS AND TYRANTS' SECRETS Does Saddam really has weapons of mass destruction? Defectors who have worked in the system have dramatic tales to tell. We can get perspective by comparing them to defectors

http://www.austhink.org/cybermonk/default.htm

veiled4allah
The occasional thoughts of a Muslim woman. Islam, current events, my life, and whatever else interests me. Also includes lots of links to The Muslim Blogs List

http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/veiled4allah.php

Iraq Briefing - The Economist Intelligence Unit
The Economist Intelligence Unit is the world's leading provider of country intelligence. As part of the organisation that publishes The Economist newspaper, we guard our independence fiercely. Our goal is pursuit of the truth in the service of our clients' needs. That means an unswerving commitment to clarity, accuracy and reliability.

http://www.economist.com/countries/Iraq/index.cfm

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION (UNSCOM)
This list is an informal compilation of selected United Nations documents on issues related to the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM). The focus is on recent documents as well as some of the earlier basic texts that lay down UNSCOM's basic rights and Iraq's obligations.

http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/unscmdoc.htm

UN News

http://www.un.org/apps/news/

Al Jazeera
Founded in 1996, and based in Qatar, Al Jazeera is the only Arabic News Channel in the Middle East offering news coverage 24 hours a day from around the world with focus on the hottest regions of conflict.

http://www.allied-media.com/aljazeera/index.htm

Al Jazeera TV Footprint - Coverage PanAmSat 2 in Oz? http://www.allied-media.com/aljazeera/Coverage.htm

Soldiers For The Truth - USA
is a grass-roots educational organization started by a small group of concerned veterans and citizens to inform the public, the Congress, and the media on the decline in readiness of our armed forces

http://www.sftt.org/

David Hackworth
Hack's military career as a sailor, soldier and a military correspondent has spanned nearly a dozen wars and conflicts, from the end of World War II to the recent meltdown in the ex-Yugoslavia. In 1971, as the Army's youngest colonel he spoke out on national television saying, "This is a bad war ... it can't be won we need to get out." He has unique experience acquired in almost 52 years of bouncing around hot and cold battlefields. He also brings an insider's view of the Pentagon and the military establishment made deadly current by input provided on a daily basis by serving warriors from around the globe. E-mail frequently brings him the word before the Pentagon gets it.

http://www.hackworth.com/

Vets Against The War

http://www.vaiw.org/

CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Truman. The National Security Act charged the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) with coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence which affects national security. The DCI serves as the head of the United States Intelligence Community, principal advisor to the President for intelligence matters related to national security, and head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA is an independent agency, responsible to the President through the DCI, and accountable to the American people through the intelligence oversight committees of the U.S. Congress.

http://www.cia.gov/

www.antiwar.com
This site is devoted to the cause of non- interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, "greens," and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism. Our intial project was to fight for the case of non-intervention in the Balkans under the Clinton presidency and continued with the case against the campaigns in Haiti, Kosovo and the bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan. Our politics are libertarian:

http://www.antiwar.com/

Iraqi opposition Groups Web Sites
links to over 20 groups and sites

http://www.iraqfoundation.org/oppositions/index.html

Haaretz Daily
Haaretz was founded in Jerusalem in 1919 by a group of Zionist immigrants, mainly from Russia.
Haaretz is an independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs. It has a journalistic staff of some 330 reporters, writers and editors. Some of Israel's leading commentators and analysts - reflect on current events.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/

Iraq4u
Broad site with modern music and cultural content as well as news
(a christian Iraqi "assyrian" site?)

http://www.iraq4u.com/

The Iraq Foundation
The Iraq Foundation is a non-profit, corporation, working for democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political stability and economic progress in the Middle East. The Foundation was established in 1991 by Iraqi expatriates with the purpose of working with Iraqis and non-Iraqis in promoting its vision. The Foundation is non-partisan, non-sectarian and non-ethnic, and is not affiliated with any other organization or political party.

http://www.iraqfoundation.org/foundation.html

Iraq Daily
News site

http://www.iraqdaily.com/

Salon.com
Salon.com is an Internet media company founded in November 1995 that produces 10 original content sites as well as two online communities -- Table Talk and The WELL.

http://www.salon.com

Margo Kingston's Column
Margo is usually a good read. The idea of this space is to write something each day and for you to give me your feedback. - Margo Kingston, smh.com.au

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/webdiary/index.html

Crikey.com.au
"Crikey will point out theft, corruption, deception and collusion whenever and wherever it can. It is our self-appointed task to take a long thin spike to the bloated egos of political, media and corporate Australia and to take clear black and white snap shots of the men and women who have their fingers in the till or who simply get paid too much for doing shoddy work.

We will at all times try to have fun, respect the laws of our country in as far as they make sense and to fill the gaps the Australian media seem unable or unwilling to fulfil."

http://www.crikey.com.au/

Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
As profound violations of the right to free expression continue around the globe, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) has emerged as a strong and growing force of opposition. The International Freedom of Expression eXchange ...linking freedom of expression groups around the world.

http://www.ifex.org

EIN News
EIN News began publishing on the web in 1995 with Central Europe Online next, EIN published Russia Today, in 1997, EIN launched its Inside China Today service, and over the years has continued to add country and region reports. Now EIN publishes 240 separate country, region and U.S. state reports, each updated hourly with news culled from more than 5000 online news sources. EIN's news is gathered by proprietary search software developed by the IPD Group.. The information is collected in categories defined by EIN's editors and then filtered, moderated and ranked by staff for relevancy. Clicking on a headline takes you directly to the source of the article. EIN is a private U.S. corporation, registered in Maryland, and with offices in Washington, D.C. and Prague.

http://www.einnews.com/iraqnews

Guerrilla News Network
Guerrilla News Network is an underground news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through guerrilla programming on the web and on television.

http://www.guerrillanews.com/

The Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center was established in 1999 providing grassroots coverage of the WTO protests in Seattle. The center acted as a clearinghouse of information for journalists, and provided up-to-the-minute reports, photos, audio and video footage through its website.The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity.

http://www.indymedia.org/

BuzzFlash
BuzzFlash provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web audience, reaching a million visitors a month and growing.

http://www.buzzflash.com/

Mother Jones
Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.

http://www.motherjones.com/

No War Buttons
It will probably be over before they arrive if you order outside USA

http://www.seatthole.com/index.php?section=Order+No+War+Buttons