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Deftly separating truth from propaganda, Target Iraq is a hard-hitting expose of the harsh realities and consequences of the pending war and the media's failure to present the full spectrum of issues to the public. Target Iraq will figure prominently in the national debate about the war against Iraq. Included are appendices by the Institute for Public Accuracy and FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting -- that provide a line-by line analysis of Bush's key October speech to Congress, the UN Security Council resolution, and other related speeches and documents. Read more...
4. 2001-2004 Complete Guide to Iraq and the Case Against Saddam Hussein - Government and Military Documents, History, Maps, Preparations for War, U.S. Attacks, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorist Connections, U.S. Weapons for the War with Iraq, Current Developments, Bush White House and Congressional Documents.
by Department of Defense - A CD-ROM with 56121 pages
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This up-to-date and comprehensive CD-ROM provides an unparalleled collection of official federal documents and publications on all aspects of Iraq and the impending war to oust Saddam Hussein from power while destroying his weapons of mass destruction. Every facet of Iraq is thoroughly covered, from its oil reserves and trade with America, to NASA satellite and astronaut photos and maps, and country studies by the Library of Congress and the CIA. There is complete coverage - with extensive photography and Clinton White House material - of the various military operations against Iraq since the Gulf War: Operations Southern Watch and Northern Watch, which enforce the no-fly zones; Desert Strike in 1996; and Desert Fox in 1998. (You may also be interested in: 21st Century Complete Guide to the Gulf War - Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, from the Invasion by Iraq and Saddam Hussein to the Liberation of Kuwait, with Declassified Military and CIA Files.)
From the Bush White House, the disc features President George W. Bush's ultimatum speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 12, 2002 and the background paper, "A Decade of Deception and Defiance" providing specific examples of how Iraqi President Saddam Hussien has violated UN resolutions over the past 11 years. Thousands of pages produced by the U.S. Department of State detail the case against Hussein, and the latest British intelligence report on his weapons of mass destruction is also included. House and Senate hearings and testimony provide background information on the challenges posed by regime change. Presidential messages on the "national emergency with respect to Iraq" from the 104th to the current 107th Congress are reproduced.
With regard to military preparations for attacking Iraq, there is a comprehensive database, with factsheets and photos, on weapons that will be used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Air War College papers discuss various tactical military concepts, operations, and lessons learned from earlier conflicts, and as a bonus, four relevant U.S. Army Field Manuals are reproduced: Desert Operations, Mountain Operations, Counterintelligence, and Military Police Internment/Resettlement Operations. Read more...
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In this timely, highly informed account, Tim Trevan--a British expert on biological warfare and a former strategist and spokesman for the UN Special Commission for Iraq (UNSCOM)--details the cat-and-mouse tactics employed against a master of brinksmanship. In the face of stonewalling, intimidation, obstruction, and death threats, UN inspectors managed to devise a strategy to thwart Saddam Hussein's repeated attempts to divide the Security Council and to monitor his covert efforts to rebuild Iraq's banned weapons program. Aided by superior intelligence data, new sensor technology, infrared satellite imagery, high-level Iraqi defectors, and unswerving dedication, the inspectors succeeded largely in exposing Iraq's deceptions. Yet, as the author warns, Iraq remains a menace to international peace and security, persisting in its claim that it is in full compliance with the terms of the 1991 ceasefire. A riveting eyewitness account of one of the most threatening conflicts of the 20th century. Read more...
Amazon.com - Editorial Review
This is the memoir of a frustrated man. Richard Butler is the former chairman of UNSCOM, the United Nations-appointed arms-inspection team assigned to Iraq in the wake of the Gulf War. Between 1992 and 1997, Butler toiled to prevent Saddam Hussein from manufacturing and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. UNSCOM experienced some success, but it was essentially a failure thanks to the intransigence and intimidation Butler faced from without (by Saddam's henchmen, such as Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz) and from within (members of Butler's own task force, representing the interests of their own countries, constantly undercut him). And this "constitutes a serious crisis in global security," writes Butler. "While the full nature and scope of [Saddam's] current programs cannot be known precisely because of the absence of inspections and monitoring, it would be foolish in the extreme not to assume that he is: developing long-range missile capabilities; at work again on building nuclear weapons; and adding to the chemical and biological warfare weapons he concealed during the UNSCOM inspection period." Read more...
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War on Iraq offers a balanced, non-partisan examination of the current debate in Washington and beyond. In this shocking expose on the impending offensive against Iraq, activist, author, and teacher William Rivers Pitt sits down with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter to expose the truth behind the hawkish rhetoric of the Bush administration. Ritter--ex-Marine, intelligence specialist, expert on Iraqi military strategy, and Gulf War veteran--dismantles the myths surrounding Saddam Hussein's biological, chemical and nuclear weapons capabilities while revealing the neo-conservative forces pushing the White House toward war. During the seven years the inspections took place, Ritter and other inspectors were able to confirm that Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs were effectively destroyed, counter to current White House claims. Pitt and Ritter also explain the lack of any plausible link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, and highlight the absurdity of forcing democracy on a nation that has been divided for centuries. The book closes with a stark forecast for American troops if a ground war ensues and urges the White House to seek a diplomatic solution. A complete listing of contact information for U.S. senators as well as outreach and activist resources is included.
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Amazon.com - Editorial Review
"I am lucky to be alive," writes Khidhir Hamza on the opening page of this memoir, which reads like a thriller. Hamza describes how he helped Saddam Hussein design a nuclear bomb over the course of 22 years. He has an amazing story to relate, and with the help of collaborator Jeff Stein, he tells it remarkably well. It begins with his cloak-and-dagger escape from Baghdad in 1994, then goes back in time to describe the education he received earlier in the United States. Hamza returned to his native Iraq, and Saddam seduced him into accepting the comfortable life of an atomic scientist trying to build a bomb for a megalomaniac. Hamza presents a terrifying, almost psychotic portrait of Hussein himself: the dictator--a man with "yellow, lifeless eyes"--has a paranoid fear of germs and a taste for Johnnie Walker Blue Label. He's prone to drunken rages and relies on sedatives to keep control of himself: "His personality grew more erratic with the ups and downs of the drugs, the liquor, and the pressures of command." Hamza recounts a story told by one of Saddam's doctors, in which the strongman was found "stomping about his palace bedroom in a blood-splotched shirt" near the body of a woman whose throat was slit. Read more...
Map Description
Scale 1:1,200,000. Printed on one side.
Road map in color with contour lines. Index of larger cities. Includes information on Iraq and Iran, The Gulf War, Facts about Iraq, Travel in Iraq. Points of interest in Baghdad, Basra, Basra Proper, Ashar, Margil.
Legend locates major cities, provincial centers, large cities, small cities or villages. Roads from major roads, improved roads to unimproved roads. Points of interest, oil fields, airports, dams.
Insets of Central Baghdad and historical Mesopotamian region.
Elevations also shown by color changes: every 100 meters up to 1,000, then every 200 meters to 2200 meters. Read more...
Amazon.com - Editorial Review
Originally written under the pseudonym Samir al-Khalil and published before the Gulf War, Republic of Fear describes the rise of Saddam Hussein and the Arab Ba'th Socialist party. The author, an Iraqi expatriate now living in the United States, offers this updated edition under his real name, Kanan Makiya. A new introduction discusses events following the invasion of Kuwait ("the chamber of horrors that is Saddam Hussein's Iraq has grown into something that not even the most morbid imagination could have dreamed up"). The book is not merely a chronicle of recent Iraqi politics, but a discussion of why the country has evolved into "a Kafkaesque world ... Read more...
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Authors Efraim Karsh and Inari Rautsi, experts on Middle East history and politics, have combined their expertise to write what is largely considered the definitive work of one of the world's most reviled and notorious figures. Drawing on a wealth of Iraqi, Arab, Western and Israeli sources, including interviews with people who have had close contact with Saddam Hussein throughout his career, the authors trace the meteoric transformation of an ardent nationalist and obscure Ba'th party member into an absolute dictator. Skillfully interweaving a realistic analysis of Gulf politics and history, and now including a new introduction and epilogue, this authoritative biography is essential for understanding the mind of a modern tyrant. Read more...
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Three legal scholars from the Center for Constitutional Rights argue persuasively, in this concise and timely anti-war primer, that the looming war against Iraq is both unnecessary for national security, and illegal. Against War with Iraq contains the core facts and analysis needed to understand the issues; showing that there is little evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the inspections are adequate, and that current U.S. foreign policy is contrary to international law. Read more...
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WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IRAQ?
Scott Ritter spent seven years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the United Nations. His 1998 resignation as the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector there made front-page headlines around the world. In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain where U.S. policy in Iraq went wrong.
Ritter describes in detail the ways that Saddam tried to foil inspectors by concealing his weapons programs. He brings readers with him inside some of Iraq's most carefully guarded sites and shows us dramatic face-offs between U.N. inspectors and hostile Iraqi guards and officials. But Ritter criticizes the U.S. for squandering an international consensus on Iraq and trying to use the inspections process for uniquely American goals. He argues strongly against the proposed American military strike against Iraq, suggesting instead a bold and innovative solution to the long-standing crisis. Read more...
