Iraq News Monitor

Iraq News Monitor is a regular blog summarising daily media coverage on Iraq.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Our apologies for the lack of postings, Iraq News Monitor will resume on Monday 1 October 2007, please return then.

In the meantime, please look through our excellent library of links and resources to the left.

# posted by Victoria Player @ 7:45 pm

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Links

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Documents

• Iraq, the Surge, Partition, and the War: Public Opinion by City and Region - CSIS - Nov. 2007
• Political, Military, and Economic Dynamics in Iraq: A Graphic Overview - CSIS - Oct. 2007
• An Outline of Kurdish Islamist Groups in Iraq - Jamestown Foundation - Sept. 2007
• Iraq: Energy Profile by Energy Publisher - Sept. 2007
• Gen. David Petraeus report - Sept 2007
• Oila nd Gas Law of the Kurdistan Region (AR), Sept. 2007
• Oil and Gas Law of the Kurdistan Region (ENG), Sept. 2007
• The Report of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, Gen. James Jones - Sept 2007
• National Intelligence Estimate - Iraq - August 2007
• Congressional Research Service - "Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues" July 2007
• Oxfam, NGO Coordination Committeee - Rising to the humanitarian challenge in Iraq - July 2007
• Iraq Commission Report by the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), UK, JULY 2007
• White House Iraq Initial Benchmark Assessment Report, 12 July 2007
• Human Rights Watch report - Torture and Denial of Due Process by the Kurdistan Security Forces, July 2007
• Refugees International report May 2007 - Iraq - The world's fastest growing displacement crisis
• Accepting Realities in Iraq - Gareth Stansfield, Chatham House & University of Exeter, MAY 2007
• SIGIR April 2007 Quarterly Report
• The Brookings Institution - Iraq Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq
• Iraq Weekly Status Report, April 18, 2007, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, US Department of State
• UNAMI Human Right Report Jan-Mar 2007
• PBS Frontline documentary - Gangs of Iraq - chronological timeline of events in training the Iraqi security forces
• International Crisis Group - Iraq and the Kurds: Resolving the Kirkuk Crisis
• Human Rights Watch full report: Iraq: From a Flood to a Trickle - Neighboring States Stop Iraqis Fleeing War and Persecution
• ICRC - Civilians without protection – The ever-worsening crisis in Iraq - April 2007
• Kurdistan Regional Government English translation of draft oil law - 9 March 2007
• Kurdistan Regional Government Arabic translation of draft oil law - 9 March 2007
• Pentagon report to Congress - March 2007 - "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq"
• Iraq Study Group Report

Iraq country overviews

• CIA Factbook - Iraq
• FCO Iraq country profile
• Global Security Iraq Occupation & Reconstruction
• International Crisis Group - Iraq
• MidEast web - Iraq an overview
• World Atlas - brief Iraq overview with maps
• Islamic calendar in Iraq 2007
• Baghdad weather

Politics

• MidEast web - Iraq Govt: Who's Who
• Council on Foreign Relations - Who's Who in politics
• Middle East Reference - Iraqi ministers biogs
• Kurdistan Regional Government
• Global Security - Political parties in Iraq
• Iraqi News - Iraqi politicians and parties
• Niqash - Iraqi politicians, parties, lists and religious leaders
• FCO - Iraqi government formation

Ministries

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Interior

Maps

• Distribution of ethnic and religious groups
• Iraq’s provinces, capitals and general information (PBS)
• Oil fields in Iraq
• Middle East
• Iraq
• Kurdistan
• Major ethnic and religious groups and political affiliations in Iraq (PBS)
• Baghdad
• Info on key districts in Baghdad (PBS)
• Baghdad - bomb attacks, key locations and sectarian movement 2003-2007 (BBC)
• Interactive map of daily violence and operations in Baghdad (New York Times)
• Iraq governorates
• Iraq Museum - tribal map

Commerce

• Kurdistan Development Corporation
• Gulf Region Division and Project and Contracting Office
• Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Baghdad Business Centre
• American Chamber of Commerce of Iraq
• Business guide for Iraq - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Government RFPs (FeDBizOpps)
• Iraq Development Program (IDP)
• Iraq Suppliers A-Z (IDP)
• Iraq statistics
• Arab - American Chamber of Commerce - Document registration (for U.S. businesses)
• UK Trade and Investment Iraq Unit

Expos & Events

• The 3rd International Exhibition and Conference on Security and Safety, from Oct 28 - 31 2007, Abu Dhabi International Exhibition Centre
• ERBIL International Fair, Oct 29 - Nov 02 2007
• Gulf Iraqi Expo (GIX), 1st-3rd November, Bahrain International Exhibition Centre
• Project Rebuild Iraq, May 05 - May 08 2008

Travel

• Obtaining visas for foreign journalists - March 2007
• Foreign embassies in Iraq

NGOs

• NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq
• Refugees International
• Iraqi Red Crescent Society

archives

• 2006-09-03
• 2006-09-10
• 2006-09-17
• 2006-09-24
• 2006-10-01
• 2006-10-08
• 2006-10-15
• 2006-10-22
• 2006-10-29
• 2006-11-05
• 2006-11-12
• 2006-11-19
• 2006-11-26
• 2006-12-03
• 2006-12-10
• 2006-12-17
• 2006-12-24
• 2006-12-31
• 2007-01-07
• 2007-02-11
• 2007-02-18
• 2007-02-25
• 2007-03-04
• 2007-03-11
• 2007-03-18
• 2007-03-25
• 2007-04-01
• 2007-04-08
• 2007-04-15
• 2007-04-22
• 2007-04-29
• 2007-05-06
• 2007-05-13
• 2007-05-20
• 2007-05-27
• 2007-06-03
• 2007-06-10
• 2007-06-17
• 2007-06-24
• 2007-07-01
• 2007-07-08
• 2007-07-15
• 2007-07-22
• 2007-07-29
• 2007-08-05
• 2007-08-12
• 2007-08-19
• 2007-08-26
• 2007-09-02
• 2007-09-09
• 2007-09-16
• 2007-09-23
• 2007-09-30
• 2007-10-07
• 2007-10-14
• 2007-11-11