Official Documents and Statements 

UN Draft Resolution on Handover of Power to Iraqis

This is the text of a UN draft resolution presented to the Security Council by the US and UK on Monday, May 24, 2004… More>>

One Year on the Human Rights Situation Remains Dire” (Amnesty Report)

A year after US-led forces launched war on Iraq, the promise of improved human rights for Iraqis remains far from realized. Most Iraqis still feel unsafe in a country ravaged by violence … More>>

Off Target: The Conduct of the War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq (Human Rights Watch Report)

Thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed or injured during the three weeks of fighting from the first air strikes on March 20 to April 9, 2003, when Baghdad fell to US-led Coalition forces… More>>

Hearts and Minds: Post-War Civilian Deaths in Baghdad Caused by US Forces (A Human Rights Watch Report)

Human Rights Watch has issued a report that documents and analyzes civilian deaths caused by US military forces in Baghdad since US President declared an end to hostilities in Iraq on May 1, 2003 … More>>

Security Council Resolution 1511 

This is the text of UN Security Council resolution 1511, a US-drafted resolution on Iraq’s future that was adopted on October 16, setting a deadline of 15 December 2003 for the Iraqi Governing Council to put a timetable for drafting a constitution and electing a government. … More>>

Text of US Draft Resolution on Iraq

This is the full text of a United States’ draft resolution on the United Nations’ role in Iraq; it was presented to the United Nations Security Council on September 4, 2003… More>>

Climate of Fear:  Sexual Violence and Abduction of Women and Girls in Baghdad

Women and girls in Baghdad told Human Rights Watch that the insecurity and fear of sexual violence or abduction is keeping them in their homes, out of schools, and away from work and looking for employment…More>>

Violent Response: The US Army in Al-Falluja

Since the government of Saddam Hussein was overthrown in mid-April, US forces have encountered hostility in some quarters, and increasing armed resistance from individuals or small groups, particularly in central Iraq... More>>

Human Rights Watch: Unprotected Munitions Injure Civilians

Civilians are being wounded by abandoned ordnance in Basra, Iraq, because British forces have failed to secure weapons caches, Human Rights Watch said. British officers told HRW that they have no plans to provide security for these sites... More>>

Amnesty: Death of Civilian Demonstrators Must Be Investigated

The town of Falluja witnessed another incident which resulted in the death of 3 civilians and the wounding of a further 8. This shooting occurred whilst townspeople were demonstrating about the shooting of Iraqi civilians by US troops... More>>

UNICEF Says Diarrheoa, Typhoid Among Threats to Children in Iraq

The health situation of children in Iraq remains tenuous. Many children continue to suffer from high rates of diarrhoeal disease, much higher than this time last year. While diarrhoea may sound trivial, in Iraq it kills... More>>

Human Rights Watch : Security Council Resolution Silent on Human Rights 

The new UN draft resolution on Iraq contains no explicit plans for protecting human rights or setting up an international tribunal for past abuses. This will make it difficult to establish peace and security in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said... More>>

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483

After weeks of internal wrangling, the United Nations Security Council Thursday, May 22, voted to lift crippling sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990 and put its economy under the broad control of the U.S.-led occupying forces... More>>

Letter From Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark to President Bush

This letter was sent by Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General and current director of International A.N.S.W.E.R (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), regarding the new authorization for US military personnel in Iraq to shoot looters...More>>

WHO Health Briefing on Iraq 

WHO Information Officer Fadela Chaib has been working in Basra over the past two weeks. Here, she describes a visit to a black market for looted, diverted and pilfered medicines... More>>

Letter of Resignation - From Ambassador John Brady Kiesling

The following is the full text of John Brady Kiesling's letter of resignation to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Kiesling, who resigned over the US war in Iraq, is a US career diplomat who has served in US embassies for twenty years... More>>

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm

This report is prepared by The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies’ "Study Group on a New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000." Find the subtitle “Moving to a Traditional Balance of Power Strategy” under which the Israeli strategic objective of overthrowing Saddam is stated... More>>

Strategic Attack (PDF)

This is a doctrine document of the US Air Force. Find “Impact of Strategic Attack on Electrical System” on page 26 of this document. This explains the impact of the US strategic attack operations on the Iraqi electrical system... More>>

UNICEF: Impact of Armed Conflict on Children 

More and more of the world is being sucked into a desolate moral vacuum. This is a space devoid of the most basic human values; a space in which children are slaughtered, raped, and maimed... More>>