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Recent Reports

Reflections on Religion and Politics in Post-Ba'thist Iraq
Eric Davis. The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq, Spring 2008 (.pdf file).

Situation in Iraq
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, 08 April 2008 (.pdf files)
Amb. Ryan C. Crocker's testimony
Gen. David H. Petraeus' testimony and accompanying slides

'03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations
Mark Mazzetti. The New York Times, 02 April 2008 (see memo below).

Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside the United States
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, 14 March 2003. Released on 01 April 2008 and posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents (Redacted)
Iraqi Perspectives Project, Institute for Defense Analyses, November 2007. Released in March 2008.

The Myth of the Surge
Nir Rosen. Rolling Stone, 06 March 2008.

Tensions Rise Between Sahwa and Govt Forces
Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail. Inter Press Service, 29 February 2008.

War at Any Cost? The Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget
Joseph E. Stiglitz. Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, 28 February 2008. (.pdf file)

Sunni Forces Losing Patience With U.S.
Sudarsan Raghavan and Amit R. Paley. Washington Post, 28 February 2008.

U.S. Paid $42.4 Million to Iraqis
Sharon Behn. The Washington Times, 27 February 2008.

A War We Must End
John Podesta, Ray Takeyh and Lawrence J. Korb. Washington Post, 26 February 2008.

Why Iraqis Cannot Agree on an Oil Law
Lionel Beehner and Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations, 22 February 2008.

Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government
Final version presented to UK Parliament by Prime Minister Tony Blair, 24 September 2002. Includes language on Saddam's capabilty to 'attack in 45 minutes.'
Draft of Iraq Dossier
July 2002 draft version with no mention of 'attack in 45 minutes.' Released by UK on 18 February 2008. (.pdf files)

The Door to Iraq's Oil Opens
M.K. Bhadrakumar. Asia Times, 16 February 2008.

Draft Iraq Oil and Gas Law
Council of Ministers Oil and Energy Committee, 15 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Creating a Stable and Secure 'Iraqracy'
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 14 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq
Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey M. Sapolsky and Christopher Preble. Policy Analysis, Cato Institute, 13 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Awakening to New Dangers in Iraq
Brian Katulis, Peter Juul and Ian Moss. Center for American Progress, 13 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006)
Bruce R. Pirnie and Edward O'Connell. RAND, 11 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism
Congressional Budget Office, 11 February 2008 (.pdf file).

The Law on the Powers of Governorates Not Organised in a Region
Reidar Visser. Historiae.org, 11 February 2008.

New archive: Reports & analysis on the surge

Iraq's Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge
International Crisis Group, 07 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Differences in Services and Fees for Management and Administration of Iraq Reconstruction Contracts
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 29 January 2008 (.pdf file).

A Permanent Presence? Dangers of a Long-Term U.S. Security Commitment to Iraq
John Isaacs and Travis Sharp. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 29 January 2008.

Outcome, Cost and Oversight of Iraq Reconstruction Contract
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 28 January 2008.

Return to Fallujah
Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 28 January 2008.

The Aitken Report: An Investigation Into Cases of Deliberate Abuse and Unlawful Killing in Iraq in 2003 and 2004
Defence Ministry, UK, 25 January 2008.

Development and Reform of the Iraqi Police Forces
Maj. Tony Pfaff. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 25 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Iraq Benchmark Report Card: 3 of 18 Accomplished
Center for American Progress, 24 January 2008.

The Proposed U.S. Security Commitment to Iraq: What Will Be In It and Should It Be a Treaty?
Hearing of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight and Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 23 January 2008 (.pdf file).

The Real "Surge" of 2007: Non-Combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan
Neta Crawford et al. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 22 January 2008.

Iraq's New 'Accountability and Justice' Law
International Center for Transitional Justice, 22 January 2008 (.pdf file). ICTJ's Translation of the law

Federalism, Not Partition
Mowaffak al-Rubaie. Washington Post, 18 January 2008.

U.S. Boosts Its Use of Airstrikes In Iraq
Josh White. Washington Post, 17 January 2008.

Iraqi Security Forces
Lt. Gen. James Dubik. Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, 17 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Rehabilitation Under Fire: Health Care in Iraq 2003-7
Medact, 16 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Alternative Strategies for Iraq in the Post-Surge Environment
John J. Hamre. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Armed Services Committee, 16 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity
Human Rights First, 15 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Better Data Needed to Assess Iraq's Budget Execution
Government Accountability Office, 15 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Iraq Displacement 2007 Year in Review
International Organization for Migration, 11 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Violence-Related Mortality in Iraq from 2002 to 2006
World Health Organization. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine, 09 January 2008.

Strategic Realignment: Ends, Ways, and Means in Iraq
Bruce J. Reider. Parameters, Winter 2007-2008.

Al-Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq: A First Look at the Sinjar Records
Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman. Combating Terrorism Center, West Point, 19 December 2007 (.pdf file).

U.S. Airpower in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2004-2007
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 13 December 2007 (.pdf file).

The Real Challenge of Internal Displacement in Iraq: The Future
Elizabeth Ferris. The Brookings Institution, 06 December 2007.

How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social - Not Electronic
Noah Shachtman. Wired Magazine, 27 November 2007.

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures
Clay Wilson. Congressional Research Service, 21 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Iraq: Reconstruction Assistance
Curt Tarnoff. Congressional Research Service, 15 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Al-Qaeda in Iraq: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank. Mother Jones, 18 October 2007.

Oil from Iraq
Carlton Meyer. Sanders Research, 04 October 2007.

Iraq: Tribal Engagement Lessons Learned
Lt. Col. Michael Eisenstadt. Military Review, September/October 2007. Posted on 02 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Statistics on Displaced Iraqis Around the World
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, September 2007 (.pdf file).

Basra Crude: The Great Game of Iraq's 'Southern Oil'
Reidar Visser. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 03 July 2007 (.pdf file).

Covering War's Victims: Content Analysis of Iraq and Afghanistan War Photographs
Andrew Roth et al. Chapter in Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories, 2007. Posted on the Google Books website.

Background reports and articles following the Petraeus-Crocker reports to Congress

Article Index

1. Overviews
2. Military Ops & Forces
3. Older Military Ops & Forces (2002-2005)
4. The Surge
5. Civilian Casualties
6. Humanitarian Crisis & Human Rights
7. International Law
8. Regional Repercussions
9. US Politics & Public Opinion
10. World Reaction
11. Media Coverage
12. Postwar Governance
13. Older Governance articles (2002-2005)
14. Reconstruction & Economics
15. Oil
16. Foreign Contractors
17. Iraqi Politics & Groups
18. Insurgency
19. Iraqi Armed Forces
20. Iraqi Opinion & Media
21. Prisoner Abuse
22. Weapon Inspections
23. Cost of War
24. Intelligence Failure
25. Permanent Basing
26. Secret British Memos
27. Withdrawal
28. Fallujah

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Periodic Official Status Reports

U.S. DOD Measuring Security & Stability in Iraq (quarterly)

USAID Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates (weekly)

U.S. State Department Section 2207 Report on Iraq Relief and Reconstruction (quarterly)

U.S. State Department Iraq Weekly Status Report (weekly)

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (quarterly & various)

U.N. Iraq Documents & Secretary-General Reports (quarterly & various)

U.N. Humanitarian Update on Iraq (monthly)

U.N. Iraq Reconstruction & Development Updates

UNAMI Situation Reports (Archive)

UNAMI Documents

Multi-National Security Transition Command (various)

U.S. DOD Iraq and Afghanistan Casualty Report

Relief Web Iraq: Various Official & NGO Updates by Sector

Brookings Institution Iraq Index. Statistics on Reconstruction & Security in post-Saddam Iraq (bi-weekly)

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (daily)

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List of Resources

Iraq Oil Report
Ben Lando. United Press International.

The Iraqi Conflict
Vincent Ferraro. Mt. Holyoke College.

Special Coverage: Iraq Aftermath
Documents, Resolutions, and Reports. FindLaw Legal News.

Iraq Revenue Watch: Monitoring Iraq Reconstruction Funds, Contracts, Oil
Open Society Institute, New York.

Informed Comment - Thoughts on the Middle East, History, Islam, and Religion
Juan Cole. Weblog.

Records Released in Response to Torture FOIA Request
American Civil Liberties Union

Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
Washington, DC

'On War' Archive
William S. Lind. Posted on the Defense and the National Interest Website.

CPA Documents
Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq

Images of War From the Civil War to the Current Gulf War with Iraq
Media Literacy Clearinghouse. Columbia, South Carolina.

Iraq Crisis
Global Policy Forum. New York, NY.

Target Iraq
Globalsecurity.org. Alexandria, VA.

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Recent Reports

Muslim Troops Help Win Afghan Minds
Frank Gardner. BBC News, 28 March 2008.

Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans
C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Wood. The New York Times, 27 March 2008.

The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations, 06 March 2008. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file)

International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. State Department, March 2008.

Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Case for a National Strategy
Matt Waldman. Oxfam International, 29 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Clashes Over Afghanistan Poppy Fields Kill 26
James Sturcke and agencies. The Guardian, 28 February 2008.

Helmand Ex-Governor Joins Karzai Blame Game
Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, Jean MacKenzie and Hafizullah Gardesh. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 26 February 2008.

NATO Confronts Surprisingly Fierce Taliban
Molly Moore. Washington Post, 26 February 2008.

Battle Company Is Out There
Elizabeth Rubin. The New York Times, 24 February 2008.

Afghanistan: Decision Point 2008
Senlis Council, 06 February 2008.

Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
UN Office on Drugs and Crime, 06 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan: The Need for International Resolve
International Crisis Group, 06 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan Opium: Incentives for Farmers Key to Curb Production
World Bank and UK's Department for International Development, 05 February 2008.

Counter-Narctoics to Stabilize Afghanistan: The False Promise of Crop Eradication
Barnett R. Rubin and Jake Sherman. Center for Interntional Cooperation, New York University, 04 February 2008 (.pdf file).

Insurgencies Spread in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Jonathan S. Landay. McClatchy Newspapers, 03 February 2008.

The Afghan-Pakistan War: Threat Developments
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 31 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities
Oxfam International, 31 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World
Gen. Klaus Naumann et al. Noaber Foundation, 31 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
The Atlantic Council of the United States, 30 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan Study Group Report
Gen. James L. Jones and Amb. Thomas R. Pickering. Center for the Study of the Presidency, 30 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Still Wrong in Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke. Washington Post, 23 January 2008.

Poppy Seeds and Dragon's Teeth: NATO Struggles with an Opium-Funded War in Afghanistan
Robert Matthews. FRIDE, 23 January 2008. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan
Independent Panel, Canada, 22 January 2008.

Afghanistan: Europe's Forgotten War
Daniel Korski. European Council on Foreign Relations, 21 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Afghans, Report for Duty
Ronald E. Neumann. The New York Times, 14 January 2008.

2007 Security Statistics Released
Afghanistan Conflict Monitor, Human Security Report Project, 09 January 2008.

Elections in Afghanistan: Looking to the Future
Michael J. Metrinko. U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, January 2008 (.pdf file).

Overcoming the Obstacles to Establishing a Democratic State in Afghanistan
Col. Dennis O. Young. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 27 December 2007 (.pdf file).

US Airpower in Iraq (OIF) and Afghanistan (OEF): 2004-2007
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 13 December 2007 (.pdf file).

The State of the Afghan Insurgency
Seth G. Jones. Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate National Security and Defence Committee, 10 December 2007 (.pdf file).

40 Reasons to Reengage in Afghanistan
Center for American Progress, 10 December 2007.

Leaked Aid Map of Afghanistan Reveals Expansion of No-Go Zones
Nick Meo. The Times, UK, 05 December 2007.

ISAF Key Fact and Figures Placemat
ISAF, 05 December 2007 (.pdf file).

The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 04 December 2007 (.pdf file).

Poll: Afghans' Criticism of U.S. Efforts Rises; In the Southwest, Taliban Support Grows
Gary Langer. ABC News/BBC/ARD National Survey of Afghanistan, 03 December 2007.

Afghanistan: Regaining Momentum
Ali A. Jalali. Parameters, December 2007 (.pdf file).

NATO in Afghanistan: What Lessons Are We Learning and Are We Willing to Adjust?
Peter Dahl Thruelson. Danish Institute for International Studies, December 2007 (.pdf file).

NATO's Big Mission: The U.S., Europe and the Challenge of Afghanistan
Rory Stewart, James Dobbins, Kori Schake and Peter Rudolf. Panel organized by the Brookings Institution, 13 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Internal Displacement in Afghanistan
Khalid Koser. The Brookings Institution, 08 November 2007.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
Markus Gauster. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, November 2007 (.pdf file).

Evidence from the Field: Understanding Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
David Mansfield and Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, November 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Still on the Way to Afghanistan? Germany and its Forces in the Hindu Kush
Sebastian Merz. SIPRI, November 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Afghan Poppy for Medicine Projects: An Economic Case Study
Senlis Council, November 2007 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan's Economy: On the Right Road, But Still a Long Way to Go
Beth Ellen Cole. U.S. Institute of Peace, November 2007.

Afghanistan in 2007: A Survey of the Afghan People
Asia Foundation, 23 October 2007 (.pdf file).

Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training in Afghanistan
Thomas A. Schweich. Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee, 04 October 2007.

Democratization of a Dependent State: The Case of Afghanistan
Astri Suhrke. Chr. Michelsen Institute, October 2007 (.pdf file).

Fighting 'The Other War': Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan, 2003-2005 (.pdf file)
Lt. Gen. David W. Barno. Military Review, September/October 2007 (.pdf file).

Government Formation and Performance
Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service, updated 15 June 2007 (.pdf file).

Article Index

1. Overviews
2. Military Ops & Forces
3. Insurgency
4. Governance
5. Afghan Armed Forces
6. Reconstruction
7. Human Rights & Prisoners
8. Global Repercussions
9. Civilian Casualties
10. Opium
11. War Costs

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Periodic Official Status Reports

USAID Afghanistan Weekly Reports Archive

U.S. DOD Narcotics Control Reports with Afghanistan section (annual)

U.S. State Department South and Central Asia Reports. Includes Afghanistan Reports

Relief Web Afghanistan: Various Official & NGO Updates by Sector

Afghanistan Coalition Casualty Count (daily)

The Century Foundation Afghanistan Watch

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Afghanistan Reports Archive

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List of Resources

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Kabul, Afghanistan.

United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Information Management Service
Kabul, Afghanistan.

Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
Washington, DC

Afghanistan Reconstruction
Development Gateway. Washington, D.C.

e-Ariana Afghanistan News

Reports from Fundamentalism-Blighted Afghanistan
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Century Foundation Afghanistan Watch

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