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Civil-Military Relations in Iraq (1921-2006): An Introductory Survey(666 clicks)
by Abbas Kadhim. Strategic Insights, Volume V, Issue 5 (May 2006)

Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed(653 clicks)
911 Commission Report of 2004.

Bush administration on Iraq 9/11 link(1142 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(879 clicks)
Video and transcript

Bush: No Iraq link to 9/11 found(923 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(1195 clicks)
U.S. Navy

Inside the Surge(729 clicks)
The American military finds new allies, but at what cost? by Jon Lee Anderson

Iraq CIA/State Department Files(1426 clicks)
2,165 pages of CIA, State Department, and Congressional documents covering Iraq

Iraq History(1881 clicks)
From ancient Mesopotamia to the present.

Iraq, a history(1410 clicks)
An ancient land, ruled now by Saddam Hussein

Iraq: The Media War Plan(700 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(1394 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(707 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(88 clicks)

Pentagon probe fills in blanks on Iraq war groundwork(644 clicks)

Pentagon report debunks prewar Iraq-Al Qaeda connection(1102 clicks)

Persian Gulf War(1294 clicks)
Links

Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11(1164 clicks)
September 4, 2002

Rumsfeld sees no link between Iraq, 9/11(771 clicks)
September 17, 2003

Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda(673 clicks)
Wikipedia

The Nippur Expedition(1296 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(691 clicks)
Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission(586 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.