Draft: 02/01/07 Timeline of key events: War on Terrorism Frontline, “Target America: Terrorist attacks on Americans 1979-1988; “U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis” by David Patrick Houghton) Book Excerpt: “U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis” by David Patrick Houghton http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cPf-vBzU46EC&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR9&sig=2eeandpwKmlNBoO5QnK52DU98eg&dq=%22Houghton%22+%22US+Foreign+Policy+and+the+Iran+Hostage+Crisis%22+ Hostage Diary: “Iran Hostage's Diary” by Robert C. Ode http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/r_ode/index.phtml “The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” by Lawrence Wright; Council on Foreign Relations, Backgrounder Profile: Ayman al-Zawahiri, 2/2/06 - ONLINE Photo: MSN Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/media_461550767/Assassination_of_Sadat.html Profile of Egyptian Islamic Jihad: MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3611 Beirut Memorial, “U.S. Embassy Bombing,” http://www.beirut-memorial.org/history/embassy.html) http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/30/iran.barracks.bombing/ Arlington National Cemetery archives, http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wbuckley.htm; San Francisco Chronicle, “CIA stand on harsh interrogations reflect agency’s unique culture,” 10/25/06) Obituary for William Buckley: Arlington Cemeter http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wbuckley.htm Magazine article: Time, “Lebanon Hostage Release: David Jacobsen's freeing raises hopes for more to come,” Nov. 10, 1986 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962806-1,00.html Associated Press Worldstream, “U.S. offers up to $5 million for information on hijackers of an American TWA jetliner in 1985,” 6/29/05; State Department, “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1985,” report released October 1986.) BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30/newsid_2527000/2527337.stm

Radio obituary: NPR’s Weekend Edition, “The Heroine of Flight 847” by Scott Simon http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4514820

World News Briefs; 600 Flee Achille Lauro, Ablaze Off East Africa New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDE1130F933A05752C1A962958260 Updated News: Guardian Unlimited, “Achille Lauro plotter caught,” April 16, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,937919,00.html Council on Foreign Relations, “Backgrounder: Abu Nidal Organization,” updated 10/05) Additional Resources: Backgrounder on Abu Nidal: Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/9153/ US State Department: Significant terrorist incidents 1961-2003 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm BBC News, “Lockerbie: 10 years on,” 2/16/99; State Department, “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1991;” “The 9/11 Commission Report,” authorized edition) Update: CNS News, “Pan Am 103 Families Still Waiting for Libya to Meet Pledge” http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200612/POL20061222a.html Official Site: Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 home page http://web.syr.edu/~vpaf103/ ONLINE (source: Frontline, “Timeline: Al Qaeda’s Global Context”; Intelligence report, “Usama Bin Ladin Links to a Southern Yemeni Group,” 5/5/97 Additional Resources: Online Report: Yemen Gateway, “Yemen and Osama bin Laden” http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/data/laden.htm BBC News, “On This Day: Feb. 26, 1993”) Firefighters’ perspective: FDNY, “The day the world shook” http://www.fdnewyork.com/wtc.asp Backgrounder: National Interest, “Who is Ramzi Yousef?” http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/956-tni.htm “Afghanistan under the Taliban,” by Barnett R. Rubin, director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations, published in “Current History,” 01/02/99; Online NewsHour transcription: “Bin Laden’s Fatwa;”

Text of fatwa: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatwa_1996.html The New York Times, “Witness Describes Break with Group Led by Bin Laden,” 2/8/01 Magazine article: New Yorker, “The clandestine life of America’s top Al Qaeda source” http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060911fa_fact Radio Update: NPR Morning Edition, “Hung for bin Laden shifts gears” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5529208 U.S. Department of Justice, statement of the U.S. Attorney General, 6/21/01; “The New Terrorism: The Nature of the War on Terrorism,” by Michael W. Kometer, Major, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/khobar.pdf Newspaper article: Washington Post, “9/11 Panel Links Al Qaeda, Iran; Bin Laden May Have Part in Khobar Towers, Report Says” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6581-2004Jun25.html White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; Final Report to President Clinton, Feb. 12, 1997) (source: BBC News, “On This Day: Aug. 7, 1998” – ONLINE Additional Resources: Trial archive: U.S. State Department http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism/embassy_bombings/embassy_trial_archive.html Special Report: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/embassy_bombing/map.html 1999 – Millennium Plot Discovered December 48.11,-123.00 Washington State border patrol stops Algerian Ahmed Ressam; finds bomb intended for LAX. Ressam, living in Canada and trained in Al Qaeda camps, raises suspicions with a U.S. customs officer at Port Angeles near Seattle. Inside his car, agents find 100 pounds of explosives. In trial testimony, Ressam admits to plotting to explode the bomb in the Los Angeles airport; two other accomplices who were to accompany him had been detained by London Immigration. ALL ONLINE (source: Frontline, “Ahmed Ressam’s Millennium Plot;” Washington Post, “Guarding America's Border: Additional Resources: Backgrounder on Millennium Plot: Globalsecurity.org

http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ops/millenium-plot.htm Online report: Frontline, “Trail of a terrorist” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/inside/cron.html The Associated Press, “Yemeni authorities arrested Al Qaeda-linked suspect believed involved in USS Cole bombing,” 4/22/04; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Yemeni official tied to USS Cole plot,” 8/26/04; Chicago Tribune, “Nine arrested in attack on USS Cole,” 3/17/04) Photo: Encarta.msn.com http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/35a5f/35a5f836.jpg&imgrefurl=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701639163_761564344_-1_1/Bombing_of_USS_Cole.html&h=338&w=450&sz=26&hl=en&start=18&tbnid=3yUBLuNe1xnpTM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DUSS%2BCole%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/cole1.htm Coalition: http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Shared% 20Documents/Coalition.aspx; Aljazeera.com, “War on Terrorism,” 1/1/03) Time, “The Shoe Bomber’s World,” posted 2/16/02; http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, “Shoe Bomber Sentenced to Life in Prison,” 1/30/03) Council on Foreign Relations, “The Axis of Evil: Interview with Warren Bass, senior fellow, Middle East studies, 2/2/02; The Washington Post, “Bush's ‘Axis of Evil’ Comes Back to Haunt United States,” 10/10/06 Analysis: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/jan-june02/axis_1-30.html Analysis: Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/4376/axis_of_evil.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dinterview%26page%3D30 BBC News, “U.S. detainees get Geneva rights,” 7/11/06; CBC News Indepth: Guantanamo Bay, 7/11/06 Special Report: CBC News In Depth http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/guantanamo/ Profile: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4720962.stm

Online NewsHour, “Background Report: The Homeland Security Advisory System,” 5/15/03; Christian Science Monitor, “Terror alert syste: How it’s working,” 8/4/04) Additional Resources: News article: Washington Post, “Ridge: Nation at Third Level of Five-Stage Alert System” http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A12745-2002Mar12&notFound=true News article: CBS News, “Ted Kennedy's Airport Adventure Senator Told He Can't Board Plane Because He's On 'Watch' List” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/06/terror/main610466.shtml http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/15/karachi.blast.investigation/index.html Karachi attack could signal al Qaeda comeback CNN World http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2044359.stm Bush condemns 'radical killers' BBC News BBC News, “The Bali Bombing Commander,” updated 6/2/03; BBC News, “Bali death toll set at 202,” 2/19/03; Council on Foreign Relations, “Backgrounder: Jemaah Islamiyah Backgrounder: Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/8948/ http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/11/20/facts.homeland/index.html -- Statement by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff Before the House Government Reform Committee, 6/6/95; Official TSA guide for airline passengers http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm Agence France-Presse, “4 sentenced to death for Casablanca bombings,” 8/20/03; The New York Times, “Morocco Bombing Trial,” 9/12/03) Backgrounder on Salafia Jihadia: MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4257 Perspective: USA Today, “Muslim support of suicide bombing wanes,” July 7, 2005 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-07-14-suicide-attack-support_x.htm

NewsHour, “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Role,” 10/26/03; Discussion: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, “Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi's Role” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/abu_10-26.html Council on Foreign Relations, Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/, 6/8/06) Profile of Zarqawi: Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/ BBC News, “Istanbul rocked by double bombing,” 11/20/03, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3222608.stm U.S. State Department, Turkey: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor February 25, 2004, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27869.htm) Perspective: Christian Science Monitor, “Al Qaeda’s reach grows with help from Web” http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1120/p02s02-wome.html USA Today, “Judge indicts 29 over Madrid terror bombings,” 4/11/06; The Washington Post, “29 Indicted for Roles In Madrid Bombings; Judge Says Al Qaeda Inspired Local Cell,” 4/12/06) Special report: CNN, “Massacre in Madrid” http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/madrid.bombing/ Interactive map: BBC News, “Madrid Train Attacks” http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/europe/05/madrid_bombings/img/map.gif&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/europe/05/madrid_bombings/html/1.stm&h=263&w=416&sz=21&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=jcg4Prj6jqaAqM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmadrid%2Bbombings%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN CNN, “Jordan says major al Qaeda plot disrupted,” 4/26/04; National Review, “Why Jordan?,” 11/10/05) http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins200511100819.asp Special Report: CNN, “Tracking Terrorism: Al Zarqawi and Al Qaeda in Jordan” http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/zarqawi.jordan/index.html http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/12/08/2003214236 Al Qaeda Claims Jeddah Attack Taipei Times http://www.somalilandtimes.net/Archive/39/3907.htm Al Qaeda Gearing Up for Offensive in Saudi Arabia?

Somaliland Times BBC News, “On This Day: July 7, 2005; BBC News, “In Depth: London Attacks,” 7/6/06) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk/2005/london_explosions/default.stm Radio Report: Eyewitness accounts as it unfolds on the John Gaunt show from morning of 7/7/2005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/london/aod.shtml?london/jongaunt_bombings# The Associated Press, “Egypt's Top Cleric Rails Against Terrorism,” 7/29/05 - ONLINE News Account: Associated Press/Taipei Times, “Top Muslim cleric denounces Egyptian resort attacks” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/07/31/2003265808 Chicago Tribune, “Bin Laden warns of attacks; first audio message in year offers vague talk of ‘truce,’” 1/20/06; Aljazeera.com, “Bin Laden warns the U.S. of more attacks,” 1/19/06) News account: Al Jazeera, “Bin Laden offers America truce” http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=18136 Transcription of taped message: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4628932.stm The New York Times, “Moussaoui given life term by jury over link to 9/11,” 5/4/06; ABC News Transcripts, World News Tonight, “Message from bin Laden; Zacarias Moussaoui not a part of the 9/11 attacks,” 5/23/06) Audio of Sept. 11 911 calls: NPR.org http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5658950 Text of indictment against Moussaoui http://www.msnbc.com/modules/wtc/moussaoui_indictment/default.asp?p=1&cp1=1 ALL ONLINE (source: The Associated Press, “Rumsfeld hails death of al-Zarqawi,” 6/9/06, The Irish Times, “Zarqawi death divides opinion in Arab media,” 6/10/06) Narrated slideshow: Washington Post, “Insurgent Leader Al-Zarqawi Killed in Iraq” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2006/06/08/GA2006060800511_index_frames.htm?startat=undefined Poll results: CBS News, “Despite Zarqawi Death, Most Americans Say War's Going Badly” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/12/opinion/polls/main1703346.shtml The Associated Press Worldstream, “British authorities thwart terror plot to blow up aircraft over Atlantic,” 8/10/06;

The New York Times, “British Authorities Say Plot to Blow Up Airliners Was Foiled,” 8/10/06) Report on investigation: Financial Times, “MI5 tracked group for a year” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cbed2e12-28b5-11db-a2c1-0000779e2340.html Statement from DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff: http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1158349923199.shtm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer transcript, “Intelligence report finds war increasing terrorist threat,” 9/25/06; Pittsburgh Tribune Review, “Iraq becomes voters top concern,” 11/3/06) Declassified document: “Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate .Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States,” April 2006 http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/Declassified_NIE_Key_Judgments.pdf Washington Post, “Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092301130.html Draft:02/01/07 Timeline of key events: War in Afghanistan “Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982” by M. Hassan Kakar; “The Long Hunt for Osama,” Atlantic Monthly, October 2004 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200410/bergen) Book Excerpt: Kakar, M. Hassan Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1995. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft7b69p12h/ Documents: CNN Cold War Interactive, “U.S. Memos on Afghanistan” http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/20/documents/brez.carter/ “Taliban,” by Ahmed Rashid, Ch. 10, footnote 6; ; Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International,) Magazine article: Slate: “Abdullah Azzam: The godfather of jihad” by Chris Suellentrop http://www.slate.com/id/2064385/ http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0914/p6s1-wogi.html Origins of Bin Laden’s Network Christian Science Monitor The Washington Post, “Who Is He? The making of the world's most dangerous terrorist, in the words of those who've met him,” 1/22/06.

Sunday Times London, “The World’s Most Wanted,” 1/22/06) In-Depth Online Article: CBC News Online, “Who is Osama bin Laden?” http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/osamabinladen/ U.N. Chronicle,” 6/1/98; BBC News, “On This Day: April 14, 1988: USSR pledges to leave Afghanistan) MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour Transcript: “Rebels Without a Cause,” aired 8/29/89 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/afghanistan/segment_8-29-89.html Encyclopedia Entry: Encyclopedia Britannica Online: “Afghanistan: History > Afghanistan since 1973 > Civil war, communist phase (1978–92) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-21412/Afghanistan Los Angeles Times, 9/17/05; Online NewsHour, “Afghanistan and the War on Terror”) U.N. Security Council Report: “Profile: Afghanistan, 7 November 2006” http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.2232713/k.431C/Profile_AfghanistanBR7_November_2006.htm Encyclopedia Entry: Encyclopedia Britannica Online, “Najibullah, Mohammad” http://secure.britannica.com/ebc/article-9384574 Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/24/05) BBC Profile: “Mullah Mohammed Omar,” 18 September, 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550419.stm http://www.worldpress.org/specials/pp/pipeline_timeline.htm Timeline of Competition between Unocal and Bridas for the Afghanistan Pipeline WorldPress.org Scripps Howard News Service, “History of the Taliban and al Qaeda,” 7/06/06 Book Excerpt: “The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan,” by Neamatollah Nojumi http://books.google.com/books?id=wR-4qmiOAvUC&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=Islamic+Emirate+of+Afghanistan&psp=1&sig=zXqQNHRpL8tZyu1sghnLZar5Sh0#PPP1,M1 Online Resource: BBC’s “On This Day” for Sept. 27, 1996, “Afghan forces routed as Kabul falls” http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_2539000/2539973.stm Government Report: “Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology,” Congressional Research Service Report by Christopher M. Blanchard, analyst in Middle Eastern affairs for Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, updated 20 June 2005

http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21973.pdf http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm Radio Report: NPR’s Morning Edition, “U.S. avenges for embassy bombings,” Aug. 21, 1998: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1024624 State Department Documents: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/kenya_tanzania.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec98/bomb_8-7.html “Usama bin Laden’s al-Quida: Profile of a Terrorist Network” by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam; Text of the grand jury indictment) State Department Statement: “Press Release on the Indictment of Bin Laden and Atef” http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive_Index/Press_Release_on_the_Indictment_of_Bin_Laden_and_Atef.html Washington Post archives, “Charges Filed Against Bin Laden,” Nov. 5, 1998 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/eafricabombing/stories/binladen110598.htm United Nations Security Council, Resolution 1333 (2000) adopted by the Security Council at its 4251st meeting, 12/19/00) Text of Security Council Resolution 1333 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N00/806/62/PDF/N0080662.pdf?OpenElement http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2000/12/19/afghan001219.html http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/afghanistan/afghan101.htm#P67_654 Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan Human Rights Watch http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive_Index/The_Talibans_Betrayal_of_the_Afghan_People.html The Taliban's Betrayal of the Afghan People U.S. State Department www.un.org, 9/17/01; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/McClatchy Newspapers, 9/9/06 Profile of Massoud on Radio Free Europe http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/09/bc868dd6-f1e9-413b-a013-2a2f590eedc5.html

The last interview with Massoud (published in Afghan and Polish publications) http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/Ahmad_Shah_Masood_en.htm http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/06/bindra.focus/ CNN.com, “Transcript of President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, September 20, 2001;” CBS News, “Taliban Won't Turn Over Bin Laden,” 9/21/01) Lesson Plan: NewshHour Extra lesson plan, “Afghanistan: people, places and politics,” Background, Activities and Critical Analysis By Lisa Prososki http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/afghanistan_overview_10-06.html Perspective: Afghans in America, National Geographic Today, “After Terrorist Attack, Afghans in U.S. Challenge Cultural Stereotype,” Sept. 25, 2001 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0925_TVspecial.html Taliban Primer: Time.com, “the Taliban and Afghanistan: Understanding bin Laden’s hosts, the dilemma he poses for them and the politics of the neighborhood” http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,175372,00.html Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States –Executive Summary http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Exec.htm www.news.bbc.co.uk, “Timeline: Afghanistan,” updated 11/1/06; www.whitehouse.gov, transcript of presidential address 10/7/0; Operation Enduring Freedom, one year later: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/defense/enduringfreedom.html) Transcript of presidential address: “Operation Enduring Freedom, one year later.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/defense/enduringfreedom.html) Primer on Northern Alliance: BBC News, “Who are the Northern Alliance?” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1652187.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1584660.stm; http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/09/06/ar911.retaliation/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1595664.stm U.N. Urges Pause in Air Strikes BBC News http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,,573937,00.html U.N. Commissioner Warns of Afghan Starvation Threat

Guardian Unlimited Christian Science Monitor, “How Bin Laden Got Away,” 3/2/02; Montreal Gazette, 11/18/01 Article: Christian Science Monitor, “How Bin Laden Got Away” http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0304/p01s03-wosc.html Photo Essay: Guardian Unlimited, part of “Weblog Special: Collapse of the Taliban” http://www.guardian.co.uk/gallery/image/0,8543,-10104298164,00.html Foreign Affairs, “Afghanistan Unbound,” May-June 2004; text of Bonn Agreement at www.afghangovernment.com) Text of the agreement: http://www.afghanland.com/history/bonn.html Profile of Hamid Karzai: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2043606.stm CQ Federal Department and Agency Documents, “Fact Sheet on Elections in Afghanistan, 10/8/06; Chicago Tribune, “Afghanistan adopts new constitution,” 01/05/04) Magazine article: The Economist, “Talking about a constitution,” Dec. 18, 2003 http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2300564 Report on Kids in Afghanistan: Scholastic magazine, “Afghans agree on new constitution” http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/afghanistan/constitution.htm Voice of America News, 11/03/04; Associated Press, “Karzai sworn in as first democratically elected president...,” 12/7/04) Slide Show: The New York Times, “The Inauguration of Hamid Karzai” http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2004/12/07/international/20041207KARZ_SLIDESHOW_1.html Web Log: Afghan Warrior, “First Parliamentary Election in Afghanistan for 3 Decades” http://afghanwarrior.blogspot.com/2005/09/first-parliamentary-election-in.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3977677.stm Christian Science Monitor, “New guns, new drive for Taliban,” 9/26/05; http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0926/p01s03-wosc.html Washington Post, 2/26/06) http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/columnists/jonathan_s_landay/12418046.htm

The Associated Press, “Five years into the war, deepening insurgency puts Afghanistan on the brink,” 10/6/06; The New York Times, “Opium harvest at record level in Afghanistan,” 9/3/06. Article: USA Today, “Afghan opium fight hurts poorest,” Nov. 28, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-28-afghan-opium_x.htm Report: IRIN, news service for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “Bitter-Sweet Harvest – Afghanistan’s New War” http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/opium/default.asp Chicago Tribune, “NATO takes over forces in east,” 10/6/06; Defense Department Documents and Publications, “Fact Sheet: Transition to NATO International Security Assistance Force,” 10/4/06) See also: http://london.usembassy.gov/afghn192.html Slide Show: NATO in Afghanistan http://www.nato.int/events/060731-isaf/index.html Scholarly Article: Foreign Affairs, “Saving Afghanistan” by Burnett R. Rubin, author of “The Fragmentation of Afghanistan” and adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the UN Talks on Afghanistan in Bonn in 2001. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070101faessay86105/barnett-r-rubin/saving-afghanistan.html Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia), “NATO chief: Afghans may switch to Taliban,” 10/9/06; The Associated Press, “Afghan officials say dozens of civilians killed during NATO operation,” 10/26/06 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/10/08/nato_chief_warns_of_afghan_tipping_point/ Radio Report: NPR’s All Things Considered, “Interviews: Gen.: Afghanistan Victory Hangs on Rebuilding Effort,” Oct. 7, 2006 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6210253 Article: Times Online, “I will build more and kill less, says NATO’s Afghanistan’s general http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2431423,00.html Timeline of key events: War in Iraq U.S. News & World Report, “When Saddam ruled the day,” 7/19/04 - online; http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040719/19iraq.htm Facts on File World News Digest, “Facts on Saddam Hussein,” 12/18/2003 – lexus nexus)

In-Depth Report: BBC News, “Iraqi Baath Party” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2886733.stm U.S. News & World Report, “Judgment Day: Unearthing Saddam's Secrets; The Hunt for His Billions; The Trial of the Century,” 12/18/03 online; The Washington Post, “U.S. Had Key Role in Iraq Buildup,” 12/30/02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52241-2002Dec29?language=printer Comprehensive History of the War: Globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/speeches/su80jec.phtml State of the Union Address 1980 Jimmy Carter Library http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921819,00.html Selling the Carter Doctrine Time http://www.artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/newsdesk/2003/03/18_centcom_1 http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/jan-feb/grinter.html

http://www.rand.org/publications/P/P6751/P6751.pdf http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/CENTCOM%20History/CentcomHistoryPart1.htm US CENTCOM History Part 1 U.S. Central Command http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_rdf.html The Carter Doctrine and the Creation of a New Force HistoryOfWar.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4260420.stm http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/9005lessonsiraniraqii-chap03.pdf

The Economist, “Iraq, Israel and the United Nations: Double Standards,” 10/10/02 - online Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Myth Building: The Islamic Bomb,” June 1993 pp. 42-49 – online Journal Article: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Myth Building: The Islamic Bomb” http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=jun93hoodbhoy Profile of Iraq Nuclear Program: Online NewsHour, Tracking Nuclear Proliferation Interactive Timeline Map http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/military/proliferation/countries/iraq.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/newsid_3014000/3014623.stm http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/npt/chron.htm In-depth Report: “A Cold War Legacy of Persian Gulf Conflict: Central Command assures 'unimpeded flow of oil,'” by Jennifer Huang http://www.artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/newsdesk/2003/03/18_centcom_1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A52241-2002Dec29&notFound=true Book Review: Council on Foreign Relations’ review of “The Treatening Storm” by Kenneth M. Pollack http://www.cfr.org/publication.html?id=4876 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Shared%20Documents/History.aspx http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-generals5jan05,1,7040299.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964149,00.html http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n2_v25/ai_6621236 Security Council wants end to 'war of cities' UN Chronicle Online Map of Shatt al Arab: MSN Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx?refid=701516482 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/123371982.html?dids=123371982:123371982&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&fmac=&date=Dec+15%2C+1986&author=By+Bob+Woodward+Washington+Post+Staff+Writer&desc=CIA+Aiding+Iraq+in+Gulf+War [17] Bob Woodward, "CIA Aiding Iraq in Gulf War; Target Data From U.S. Satellites Supplied for Nearly 2 Years," Washington Post, 15 December 1986 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/ Newsweek, Nov. 2, 1987 – online http://foi.missouri.edu/terrorbkgd/howsaddam.html How Saddam Happened Newsweek http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964508,00.html?promoid=googlep Why Did This Happen? Time http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id344.htm http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/museum/STARK/Stark3.htm Details on Operation Earnest Will: Globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/earnest_will.htm http://www.specialoperations.com/Operations/Prime_Chance/Operation_Profile.htm http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/14/iraq13979_txt.htm Genocide in Iraq - The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds Human Rights Watch http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq501/events_anfal.html The Crimes of Saddam Hussein: 1988 The Anfal Campaign Frontline/World Copley News Service, “Kurdish survivors recall infamous day 15 years ago,” 2/2/03 – google headline online Newsday, “Saddam on trial,” 10/18/05 – online BBC News, “Timeline: Iraq,” updated 9/6/06 all on line The New Yorker, “The Great Terror,” 03/25/02 –

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/020325fa_FACT1?fact/020325fa_FACT1 State Department Report on Halabja: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/18714.htm For Bibliography: Anthony Cordesman and Abarham Wagner, “The Lessons of Modern War, Volume II: The Iran-Iraq War.” Synopsis and partial download: http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&task=view&id=1622 Details on Operation Praying Mantis: Globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/praying_mantis.htm http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-prayingmantis.shtml Timeline of U.S.-Iraq relations: Frontline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/etc/cron.html http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9042742/Iraq Iran-Iraq War Encyclopedia Britannica See also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4260420.stm [TED] Magazine article: Time, “Saddam in the cross-hairs,” Oct. 8, 1990 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,971331-1,00.html New York Times: U.S. Sees Signs of Iraqi Unrest, February 9, 1989 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD91E39F93AA35751C0A96F948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fH%2fHussein%2c%20Saddam (source: Gordon and Trainor pp 11-12 - online Pollack, The Gathering Storm, p. 28. – url listed above http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsd/index.html http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/directives.html Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor, The Generals’ War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf, pp 21-22. -- online] Excerpts from Iraqi Document of meeting with U.S. envoy: New York Times International http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/glaspie.html Iraq's Murderous Threats, New York Times, April 3, 1990

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30613FA3C5A0C708CDDAD0894D8494D81 CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF; Excerpts From Iraqi Document on Meeting With U.S. Envoy, New York Times, 9/22/1990 Data show Glaspie did not warn Iraq; Cables reflect weaker message, senators say; Boston Globe, 7/13/1991 BBC News, “On This Day: 2/8/90;” “U.N. Chronicle,” 12/1/90 - online Online Report: BBC News “On This Day: Feb. 8, 1990” http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2/newsid_2526000/2526937.stm http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/iraq/9802/gulf.war.recap/prelude/ http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/04/embassy.bombings.02/ Bomber's Defense Focuses on U.S. Policy on Iraq CNN http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/indexone.htm Iraq Sanctions GlobalPolicy.org http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=world/mideast&contentId=A63135-2001May22&notFound=true The Long and Short of Iraq Sanctions Washington Post Online news source: BBC On This Day http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2/newsid_2526000/2526937.stm http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2000/n08082000_20008088.html BBC News, “On This Day: 1/17/91” – online National Security Archive, “Operation Desert Storm: 10 Years After,” electronic briefing book: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB39/ ) Digital Library of Congressional Research Reports on Gulf War: http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/search.tkl?q=%22desert+storm%22&search_crit=fulltext&search=Search&date1=Anytime&date2=Anytime&type=form

[see Schwarzkopf, It Doesn’t Take a Hero, p. 489 – Donnelly U.S. Bars Aid to Iraqi Rebels; Unrest Against Hussein Continues; U.N Reports on Damage; Schwarzkopf Opposed Cease-fire; Schwarzkopf Opposed Cease-fire; Facts on File World News Digest, March 28, 1991; AFTER THE WAR; Schwarzkopf Says Truce Enabled Iraqis to Escape; New York Times, March 27, 1991 The Washington Post, “Ghosts of 1991,” 4/12/03 – http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10874-2003Apr11?language=printer “Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion,” by Juan Cole, president of the Global American Institute, History News Network, 3/18/03 - online) Background Report: Online NewsHour, “U.S.-Iraq Relations after the Gulf War” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/iraq/us_policy.html U.N. Chronicle, “Inspectors charge Iraq has ongoing nuclear weapons programme,” 12/1/91; http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n4_v28/ai_11715525 U.S. Department of State, Timeline of UN-Iraq-Coalition Incidents: 1991-2002: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraq/timeline.htm) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/forces_and_firepower/244364.stm http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/02/16/no.fly.zones/ The New Yorker, “A Case Not Close” by Seymour Hersh, 11/1/93 – online Frontline, “The Long Road to War: Assassination Attempts,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/longroad/etc/assassination.html State Department, “House Joint Resolution Authorizing Use of Force Against Iraq,” 10/10/02) Scholarly Journal Article: “The Baghdad Bombing: Self-defiance or Reprisals” by W. Michael Reisman, Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School, published in European Journal of International Law, http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol5/No1/art11.pdf Newspaper Article: Washington Post, “U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/timeline/062793.htm U.N. Chronicle Online, “Iraq: The United Nations Presence -- Oil-for-Food Programme” – online BBC News, “Profile: Benon Sevan,” 8/8/05 – online

Jurist, “Putting Oil-for-Food in Perspective,” 11/2/05 - online Additional Resources: Op-Ed: Jurist, University of Pittsburgh Law School Journal, “Putting Oil-for-Food in Perspective” http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2005/11/putting-oil-for-food-in-perspective.php Official Site: U.N. Oil for Food Programme http://www.un.org/depts/oip/ http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/Chronology/resolution1134.htm Unscom: Chronology of Main Events UN.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/un/sres1134.htm Text of Resolution 1134 GloboalSecurity.org http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9810/28/iraq.vx/ Iraq says U.N. inspector distorted nerve gas report Cnn.com/world http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec98/butler_8-6.html Interview with UNSCOM Chief Richard Butler On Iraq Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/Chronology/chronologyframe.htm http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/11/12/aziz111298.html Excerpts of the Statement delivered by H.E. Mr. Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Federation of American Scientists U.S. Says It Was Just Hours Away From Starting Attack Against Iraq, New York Times, November 15, 1998 http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9811/09/iraq.un.timeline/ Chronology of U.N.-Iraq tensions CNN World http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/unscom/etc/cron.html

CNN Sunday Night, “Timeline of U.N. Resolutions,” 2/23/03 – online The Weekly Standard, “Why We Went to War: The case for the war in Iraq, with testimony from Bill Clinton,” 10/20/03 - online President Bill Clinton’s remarks at the end of air strikes: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/1998/98121913_tlt.html Radio Report: NPR reports following Operation Desert Fox http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1048442 The Associated Press, “Bush says thousands of terrorists still threaten America, vows to revive economy,” 1/29/02 – online Harper’s Magazine, “Events related to the Axis of Evil” http://harpers.org/AxisOfEvil.html) Text of State of the Union address: President George W. Bush’s speech on Jan. 29: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html THE STATE OF THE UNION: THE OVERVIEW; BUSH, FOCUSING ON TERRORISM, SAYS SECURE U.S. IS TOP PRIORITY, New York Times, January 30, 2002 Agence France Presse, “UN-Iraqi weapons inspection talks break down,” 7/5/02 – online Press Association, “Weapons talks break down would be ‘worst kind of failure,’” 9/30/02 - online Newspaper Article: The Guardian (UK) “UN and Iraq fail in weapons talks” http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,750486,00.html Congressional Quarterly Weekly, “Lawmakers Pushing Back From Quick Vote on Iraq,” 9/13/02 –lexus nexus World Press Review special report, “The United Nations, International Law and the War in Iraq,” http://www.worldpress.org/specials/iraq/) Bush to Warn U.N.: Act on Iraq or U.S. Will; He Leads Nation in Mourning at Terror Sites, New York Times, 09/12/02 Transcript of president’s remarks at the U.N. General Assembly: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020912-1.html Magazine Article: Time, “Why Bush Struggles to Win UN Backing” http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,431645,00.html State Department, text of House Joint Resolution 114 – online Washington Post, “House passes Iraq war resolution,” 10/11/02 – online

Text of Resolution: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:5:./temp/~c107h0khXK:: Global Voices on Use of Force in Iraq: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/iraq_global_voices/html/default.stm BBC Monitoring International Reports, “Iraqi envoy tells Russian paper Saddam will not flee the country,” 11/24/02; Commentary: The Daily Telegraph (London), “Tiptoeing to War” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/12/19/dl1901.xml Profile on Hans Blix: BBC News Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2268819.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3118462.stm Blix Criticises UK's Iraq Dossier BBC News ABC News, “Powell regrets UN speech on WMDs,” 9/9/05 – http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1456650.htm Time, “What Powell Achieved,” 2/05/03 - online http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/60II/main577975.shtml The Man Who Knew: Ex-Powell Aide Says Saddam-Weapons Threat Was Overstated CBS News Transcript of Bush’s speech http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030226-11.html In the President's Words: 'Free People Will Keep the Peace of the World', New York Times, 2/27/03 Facts on File World News Digest, “U.S. Launches Attack Against Iraq After Deadline for Iraqi President Hussein's Exile Expires,” 3/19/03 Book Excerpt: “Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq” by Michael R. Gordon and Gen. Bernard E. Trainor” http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/65200842?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Fcatdir%2Fenhancements%2Ffy0659%2F2005051841-s.html&title=&linktype=digitalObject&detail= U.N. Response: BBC News, “Iraq war illegal, says Annan” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2942449.stm Looters Ransack Baghdad Museum

BBC News http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/Baghdad/ Slide Presentation: The Looting and Destruction of the Collections of the National Museum and Library of Iraq Vasser College Art Department http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2983889.stm BBC News, “On This Day: 4/9/03” – online State Department, “Transcript: Bush Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq; President delivers speech to nation from deck of carrier in Pacific,” 5/1/03 - online Text of Bush’s Speech aboard the USS Lincoln: http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2003&m=May&x=20030501212911ssor0.4553644 CNN Report, “White House pressed on 'mission accomplished' sign” http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/28/mission.accomplished/ Frontline, “The Lost Year in Iraq,” interview with L. Paul Bremer III; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/interviews/bremer.html Washington Post, “In Iraq, Military Forgot Lessons of Vietnam: Early Missteps by U.S. Left Troops Unprepared for Guerrilla Warfare,” 7/23/06; Congressional Research Service report, “The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities,” Updated June 6, 2005) Background Report: Council on Foreign Relations, De-Baathification http://www.cfr.org/publication.html?id=7853 10/26/05; MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, Incident profile, “Unknown group attacked diplomatic target Aug. 19, 2003” http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/19/sprj.irq.main/ Additional Resources: Background Report: Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Role” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/abu_10-26.html Radio Report: The Connection, “New Targets and Terror in Iraq” http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theconnection.org/content/2003/08/19/0820iraq173.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/08/20030820_a_main.asp&h=146&w=173&sz=11&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=XSsG6y5XnD3qqM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbombing%2BU.N.%2BBaghdad%2B19%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DX

Online NewsHour, “Car bomb at Iraqi Mosque kills at least 75, including key cleric,” 8/29/03; http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/iraq_8-29.html transcript “Mosque Bombing,” 8/29/03; Frontline, “Timeline: Fighting on Two Fronts,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/cron/) TV Transcript: Online NewsHour, “Mosque Bombing” A guide to Iraq’s Shiite Clerics: Slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2082980/ “Timeline: Fighting on Two Fronts,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/cron/; Australian Broadcasting Corp., “US reeling as violence increases,” 3/11/03) CNN: U.S. helicopter shot down in Iraq http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/02/sprj.irq.int.main/index.html Account of the Capture: Time.com, posted 12/14/03, “We Got Him: Inside the daring nighttime raid that nabbed Saddam — and what it means for Bush and Iraq” http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,561468,00.html Response to Capture in Tikrit: NPR News http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1548679 BBC News, “Text: Iraqi interim constitution,” 3/8/04) Photo: Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, signing the new Iraqi interim constitution: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/30259.htm Radio Report: Radio Free Europe, “Iraq: Governing Council Signs Interim Constitution” http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/03/a375e36a-1179-40dd-9196-b93dbceca848.html The Associated Press, “Iraqi police detain three bodyguards of Fallujah mayor for suspected insurgent activity,” 11/3/06; BBC News, “Bodies Mutilated in Iraq,” last updated 3/31/04) Newspaper Account: New York Times, “Enraged Mob in Falluja Kills 4 American Contractors” http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/31/international/worldspecial/31CND-IRAQ.html?ex=1396155600&en=d2943196cca8fc85&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Qatari Newspaper Account: “Fallujah US assault will not spell victory” http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20041111&articleId=225 Frontline, “The lost year in Iraq,”interview with Thomas Ricks, author of “Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq,” 6/28/06;

CBS News, “Timeline: Prison Abuse Investigation,” http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2004/05/07/iraq/timeline616248.shtml) Additional Resources: Transcript and Video: 60 Minutes II Exclusive http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml Interview with Abu Ghraib Whistle Blower: 60 Minutes, Dec. 7, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/07/60minutes/main2238188.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories Washington Post, “Iraq approves security law allowing martial rule,” 7/7/04, Washington Post, “Former exile is selected as interim Iraqi leader,” 5/29/04; BBC News, “Q&A: Iraqi election,” updated 2/13/05 Allawi’s speech to Congress: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/23/allawi.transcript/ Magazine profile: New Yorker, “A Man Of The Shadows Can Iyad Allawi Hold Iraq Together?,” by Jon Lee Anderson http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/23/allawi.transcript/ Reuters, “Family demands answers for beheaded son”; Democracy Now!, transcript of interview with Michael Berg, 8/24/04; BBC News, “Zarqawi beheaded U.S. man in Iraq,” updated 5/13/04) News article: The Guardian Unlimited, “Questions Surround Slain American in Iraq” http://web.archive.org/web/20040602195828/http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4083599,00.html Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, www.ieciraq.org; usinfor.state.gov, “Iraq: And Elections Primer,” http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/primer.htm; BBC News, “High turnout in Iraq election,” 12/15/05 Discussion of Elections: Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and current Director of National Intelligence on the NewsHour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/negroponte_1-31.html Aljazeera.net, “Al-Zarqawi declares war on Iraqi Shia,” 9/14/05; http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=14984 Radio Free Europe, “al-Zarqawi declares war on shi'ites; violence flares,” 9/19/05 Analysis: Washington Institute on Near East Policy, “Zarqawi’s ‘Total War’ on Iraqi Shiites Exposes a Divide among Sunni Jihadists,” by Emily Hunt http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2400

The Washington Post, “Sunnis failed to defeat Iraqi constitution,” 10/26/05; Bloomberg News, “Iraqi Constitution Approved by 79 Percent of Voters,” 10/25/05 Discussion of factions in Iraq: Slate, “Tribal Ignorance: What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong,” by Christopher Hitchens http://www.slate.com/id/2128193/ Text of the Iraqi Constitution: Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201450.html BBC News, “U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 2,000,” 10/26/05; CNN, “U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000,” 10/26/05 CENTCOM casualty reports: http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Lists/Casualty%20Reports%201/Current%20Reports.aspx News account of moment of silence in the U.S. Senate: Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501542.html?nav=rss_nation/special NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 12/15/05; U.S. State Department, “Iraq Elections Timeline,” http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/timeline.htm) BBC News, Profile: Ahmad Chalabi, 10/3/02; Guardian Unlimited, “Washington elite bring Chalabi in from the cold,” 11/08/05; The New Yorker, “Selective Intelligence,” 5/12/03) Profile of Chalabi: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2291649.stm LA Times “Iraqi Shiites Erupt Over Shrine Attack” 02/23/06, Evening Standard (London) “Iraq on the brink after attack on sacred site”) Images of destruction, before and after: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/middle_east_enl_1140622457/html/1.stm History of the Al-Askari Shrine: http://www.al-islam.org/shrines/samarra.htm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 04/21/06; New York Times, “Shiites agree on pick for Prime Minster,” 4/21/06)

Profile of Nouri al-Maliki: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4932468.stm Interview with al-Maliki: USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-10-15-al-maliki-full-length_x.htm NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june06/iraq_05-22.html 05/22/06; Congressional Research Service, Report presented to Congress: “Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution,” http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RS21968.pdf) Chicago Tribune, “Iraq's most wanted man killed by U.S. bombs,” Guardian Unlimited, “Blair: Zarqawi death is 'severe blow to al-Qaida'” (06/08/06) Analysis: Washington Post, “Death Could Shake Al-Qaeda In Iraq and Around the World” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060902040.html President’s Statement: whitehouse.gov, “Statement by the President on Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi” http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060608.html UN News Center: Over 34,000 civilians killed in Iraq in 2006, says UN report on rights violations http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21241&Cr=iraq&Cr1 Radio Report: NPR’s All Things Considered, “Measuring Complexity of Violence in Iraq” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6648921 NewsHour 09/26/06, Declassified portions of U.S. Intelligence Estimate - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/nie-key.pdf; Pittsburgh Tribune Review, “Iraq becomes voters top concern,” 11/3/06 News article: Christian Science Monitor, “US intelligence report: Iraq war breeding more terrorists; White House 'strongly disagrees' with spy agencies' assessment” http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0925/dailyUpdate.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3962969.stm# Iraq death toll 'soared post-war' BBC News http://iraqbodycount.org/press/pr14.php Reality checks: some responses to the latest Lancet estimates IraqBodyCount.org

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