This subcategory contains 36 links

The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook (504 clicks)
Declassified Secrets from the U.S.-Iraq Relationship

Civil-Military Relations in Iraq (1921-2006): An Introductory Survey(490 clicks)
by Abbas Kadhim. Strategic Insights, Volume V, Issue 5 (May 2006)

Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed(508 clicks)
911 Commission Report of 2004.

Bush administration on Iraq 9/11 link(550 clicks)
US President George W Bush has explicitly stated for the first time that there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks. September 18, 2003

Bush Now Says What He Wouldn’t Say Before War: Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ To Do With 9/11(505 clicks)
Video and transcript

Bush: No Iraq link to 9/11 found(544 clicks)
President Bush, having repeatedly linked Saddam Hussein to the terrorist organization behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said yesterday there is no evidence that the deposed Iraqi leader had a hand in those attacks, in contrast to the belief of most Americans. September, 2003

Conflict with Iraq : A Research Guide(464 clicks)
U.S. Navy

Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (624 clicks)

Eye on Saddam(743 clicks)
U.S. Overhead Imagery of Iraq

Inside the Surge(561 clicks)
The American military finds new allies, but at what cost? by Jon Lee Anderson

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction(620 clicks)

Iraq CIA/State Department Files(512 clicks)
2,165 pages of CIA, State Department, and Congressional documents covering Iraq

Iraq History(495 clicks)
From ancient Mesopotamia to the present.

Iraq, a history(482 clicks)
An ancient land, ruled now by Saddam Hussein

Iraq: The Media War Plan(516 clicks)
White Paper and PowerPoint Briefing on "a critical interim rapid response component of the USG's strategic information campaign for Iraq - in the event hostilities are required to liberate Iraq."

Mesopotamia Image Gallery(478 clicks)
Mesopotamian Gallery: The Land and its History. Quicktime is needed to get the full benefit of this site.

No Qaeda-Saddam Links: Senate Report(496 clicks)
Saddam Hussein had no ties with Al-Qaeda or slain operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before the Iraq war, according to a US Senate report, contradicting repeated claims by President George W. Bush. "Saddam Hussein was distrustful of Al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime, refusing all requests from Al-Qaeda to provide material or operational support," said the report, which ignited a new political row.

On the road to Bagdad, a story of Townshend's gallent advance on the Tigris(522 clicks)

Operation Desert Storm: Ten Years Later(539 clicks)

Pentagon probe fills in blanks on Iraq war groundwork(502 clicks)

Pentagon report debunks prewar Iraq-Al Qaeda connection(512 clicks)

Persian Gulf War(475 clicks)
Links

Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11(588 clicks)
September 4, 2002

Rumsfeld sees no link between Iraq, 9/11(472 clicks)
September 17, 2003

Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda(523 clicks)
Wikipedia

Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI: Twenty Interviews and Five Conversations with "High Value Detainee(488 clicks)

Saddam's Iron Grip(515 clicks)
Intelligence Reports on Saddam Hussein's Reign

THE IRAQ WAR -- PART I: The U.S. Prepares for Conflict, 2001 (541 clicks)

THE IRAQ WAR -- PART II: Was There Even a Decision? U.S. and British Documents Give No Indication(504 clicks)

THE IRAQ WAR -- PART III: Shaping the Debate(537 clicks)

The Iraq War Ten Years After(626 clicks)
Declassified Documents Show Failed Intelligence, Policy Ad Hockery, Propaganda-Driven Decision-Making National Security Archive Publishes "Essential" Primary Sources on Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Nippur Expedition(480 clicks)
"In the desert a hundred miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, lies a great mound of man-made debris sixty feet high and almost a mile across. This is Nippur, for thousands of years the religious center of Mesopotamia, where Enlil, the supreme god of the Sumerian pantheon, created mankind."

Top Secret Polo Step(514 clicks)
Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006

U.S. DOCUMENTS SHOW EMBRACE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IN EARLY 1980s(524 clicks)

U.S. Military Hoped for Virtually Unlimited Freedom of Action in Iraq(608 clicks)

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission(492 clicks)
The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) was created through the adoption of Security Council resolution 1284 of 17 December 1999. UNMOVIC replaced the former UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) and continues with the mandate to verify Iraq's compliance with its obligation to be rid of its weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological weapons and missiles with a range of more than 150 km), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to ascertain that Iraq does not reacquire the same weapons prohibited to it by the Security Council.