Iraq under Saddam Hussein

The Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)

Iran-Iraq War
by Joseph A Kechichian and Houman Sadri. From the US Library of Congress country study of Iran. Includes:

The Original Iraqi Offensive
Iranian Mobilisation and Resistance
The Iranian Counteroffensive
The War of Attrition
Internationalisation of the War
Gradual Superpower Involvement
The Tanker War
Role of the Air Force
Role of the Navy

The Iran-Iraq Wars
by Joseph A Kechichian. From the US Library of Congress country study of Iraq. Includes:

Iraqi Offensives, 1980-82
Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84
The War of Attrition, 1984-87
The Tanker War, 1984-87

Iran-Iraq war
Wikipedia

Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)
GlobalSecurity.org

First Gulf War
Map and brief discussion of the border issues

Iran-Iraq war map
US Military Academy

Iran-Iraq war and waterway claims
ICE Case Studies (May, 1998)

United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war
Wikipedia

Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein
The US Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984. US National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No 82. Edited by Joyce Battle. February 25, 2003

US Diplomatic and Commercial Relationships with Iraq, 1980-1990
by Nathaniel Hurd, CASI website

Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)

What happened in the Gulf war
A simple interactive guide from The Guardian

Gulf War
Wikipedia

Fog of War
Military success ... political failure? A detailed look at the war by Washington Post writers.

The Gulf War
Story of the war, based on a 1996 Frontline television special.

Operation Desert Storm: Ten Years After
US National Security Archive electronic briefing book. Edited by
Jeffrey T Richelson. January 17, 2001

The 1991 Gulf War
CBC Digital Archives

Weapons inspections

UNMOVIC website
The commission for monitoring weapons of mass destruction set up in 1999 under Security Council Resolution 1284 to replace UNSCOM.

UNSCOM
The UN special commission that carried out on-site inspections in Iraq until 1998.

UNSCOM weapons inspection reports
(UN website)

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

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

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

IAEA and Iraq
Despite the problems with UNSCOM, the International Atomic Energy Authority continues to carry out limited inspections in Iraq. See also the IAEA website

Iraq's special weapons programmes
Technical information from the Federation of American Scientists. Includes sections on nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Iraq's non-conventional arsenal
The types and amounts of chemical and bioogical weapons that Iraq says it possessed. (Washington Post, 1998)

Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
US Government White Paper detailing Iraq's suspected biological, chemical, nuclear and ballistic weapons programmes. 13 February, 1998.

The search for nuclear technology
Israeli attack on the Osiraq plant, 1981