Documents: Iraq

Iraq after Saddam Hussein

President Bush on defeating extremists in the Middle East
Speech to the 89th annual national convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nevada, August 28, 2007 (full text).

President Bush likens Iraq to Vietnam
Speech by President Bush to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, August 22, 2007 (full text).

Iraq Study Group Report
Report on US policy in Iraq from a bi-partisan group led by former secretary of state James Baker. 6 December 2006 (PDF)

Draft constitution(2005)
To be submitted to referendum. Full text in English, with link to Arabic version.

Interim constitution
Signed 8 March, 2004. Full text in English

Agreement on political process
Document issued on 15 November 2003, setting out the terms for restoration of Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June, 2004.

Special provisions for the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Kurdistan Regional Government, 20 February 2004

Draft of Security Council resolution
Proposed by the United States, 15 October, 2003

Coalition Provisional Authority
Text of decrees and regulations issued by the CPA

Prohibited media activity
Order issued by Paul Bremer on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003

Security Council resolution 1483
On the lifting of sanctions, 22 May 2003

The "Saddam tapes"
Text of messages from the former Iraqi leader

Invasion of Iraq, 2003

Draft resolution (the "war resolution")
Presented by the US, Britain and Spain to the UN Security Council, 7 March 2003, but abandoned.

Report by Hans Blix(3)
Delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 7 March 2003

Report by Hans Blix(2)
Delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 14 February 2003

Statement by Colin Powell
UN Security Council, 5 February 2003

British dossier on Iraq (3)
"Concealment, deception and intimidation" in relation to weapons inspections.
Issued 3 February 2003. Although allegedly based on "intelligence material", large parts of this document were later found to have been plagiarised from academic sources.

Report by Hans Blix(1)
"An update on inspection"- delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 27 January 2003

The transition to democracy in Iraq
Document issued following conference of the Iraqi opposition, 12 December 2002. PDF file.

British dossier on Iraq (2)
"Saddam Hussein: Crimes & Human Rights Abuses". PDF file, issued 2 December 2002.

Iraq accepts Security Council resolution 1441
Letter from foreign minister to UN Secretary-General, 13 November 2002 (full text)

Security Council resolution 1441
On the return of weapons inspectors to Iraq. See also earlier US draft.

President Bush: speech in Cincinatti, Ohio
Described by the White House as "a comprehensive assessment of the threat Saddam Hussein's regime poses to the security of the United States and the World and our commitment to confront it". 7 October, 2002

British dossier on Iraq (1)
Assessment by the British government on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Issued 24 September 2002

Naji Sabri: letter to United Nations
Iraq accepts weapons inspections "without conditions". 16 September, 2002

President Bush: speech to UN General Assembly
12 September, 2002 (full text)

Tony Blair on Iraq
Full transcript of press conference by the British prime minister, 4 September, 2002

Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
Enacted under the presidency of Bill Clinton, this made removal of Saddam Hussein's regime official US policy. See Wikipedia for more information.

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm
A 1996 report for Binyamin Netanyahu's government in Israel which advocated the removal of Saddam Hussein as a first step towards reshaping Israel's "strategic environment". It was produced by Richard Perle, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks Jr, Douglas Feith, Robert Loewenberg, David Wurmser, and Meyrav Wurmser – several of whom later influenced US policy on war with Iraq. See also: Playing skittles with Saddam (Brian Whitaker, Guardian website, 3 September 2002).