Operation Iraqi Freedom/Related SourceWatch resources

The following are SourceWatch Resources related to Operation Iraqi Freedom (the "war in Iraq").

General

 * Daily & Current News Updates
 * Iraqi casualties
 * Military and Political Dissent
 * Selling the War at Home
 * U.S. military readiness
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom II

Beginnings of a Quagmire

 * December 2002-October 2003
 * November 2003
 * December 2003
 * January-March 2004

Year Two

 * March 19, 2004-April 10, 2004
 * April 11-April 30, 2004
 * May 2004
 * June 2004
 * January 1-March 18, 2005

Year Three: Quagmire

 * June-August 2005
 * September 2005-March 18, 2006

Year Four

 * March-August 2006
 * September 2006-March 2007

Terrorism and Violence in Iraq

 * civil war in Iraq
 * Another "new phase" of civil war in Iraq


 * Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the prime training ground for foreign terrorists
 * Iraqi insurgency
 * Iraqi unified resistance
 * sectarian break-up of Iraq
 * Shiite Muslim uprising in Iraq
 * Shiite Muslim uprising in Iraq: Iran Proxy War?
 * terrorist/ terrorism
 * Terrorist attacks in Iraq
 * violence in the Middle East
 * war on terrorism / Global War on Terrorism
 * rebranding the war on terror

U.S. Invasion / Forces in Iraq

 * 2003 invasion of Iraq
 * Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
 * coalition of the willing / coalition of the willing: beginning of the end
 * Iraq as an imminent threat
 * occupation forces in Iraq
 * preemptive war
 * shock and awe


 * Bush administration: Includes list of Bush administration-related articles.
 * Coalition Provisional Authority
 * Combined Joint Task Force 7
 * Depleted Uranium
 * Directed Energy Weapons
 * draft / stop-loss order
 * Exit Strategy from Iraq
 * adapting to win
 * Baker-Hamilton Commission (a.k.a. Iraq Study Group)
 * failure in Iraq
 * Is the Iraq mission a failure?
 * McCain doctrine
 * National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
 * Rumsfeld and the Generals
 * stay the course
 * war on terror manual for victory


 * "forward strategy of freedom"
 * Iraq Coalition Casualty Statistics
 * March-April 2003
 * May-September 2003
 * October-December 2003
 * 2004
 * AWOL/Desertion
 * Gulf War Illness
 * Invisible Wounded
 * Pre-War News Items
 * Soldier Suicides


 * Multi-National Corps-Iraq
 * Multi-National Force-Iraq
 * NATO
 * Office of Security Transition-Iraq
 * Oil and War in Iraq
 * Operation Desert Badger
 * Operation Swarmer
 * "our troops want to finish the job"
 * peacekeeping
 * Permanent U.S. bases in Iraq
 * Privatization of Iraq
 * private military corporation
 * Blackwater USA


 * Proactive Preemptive Operations Group
 * regime change
 * Saddam Hussein
 * capture of Saddam Hussein
 * trial of Saddam Hussein
 * The alleged linkage of Saddam Hussein with Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction


 * "slow-bleed" plan
 * Task Force 121
 * The Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal Deception
 * The Long War
 * troop surge in Iraq
 * The Petraeus Report
 * Testimony of Gen. David Petraeus before Congress


 * U.S. Central Command
 * war crime
 * Bush administration war crimes in Iraq
 * War Crimes Against the Civilians of Iraq


 * war in Iran
 * weapons of mass destruction
 * Enhanced Blast Weapon
 * weapons of mass destruction investigation
 * weapons of mass destruction suspected terrorists

War propaganda

 * Also see Post-war Iraq section "Media & Propaganda".
 * Bloggers' Roundtable
 * Bush administration talking points on Iraq
 * Democrats in Congress are trying to micromanage
 * How the media covered the war in Iraq
 * Information Operations Roadmap
 * Iraq Communications Desk
 * Lincoln Group
 * Office of Media Outreach
 * surge of facts
 * The Best War Ever
 * "Truth Tour"
 * Weapons of Mass Deception

Iraqi government

 * See post-war Iraq and New Iraq for exhaustive lists of SW articles.

War in Afghanistan

 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Al Qaeda
 * opium economy in Afghanistan
 * Osama bin Laden
 * The Other War: Afghanistan

People

 * John P. Abizaid
 * John R.S. Batiste
 * George W. Casey, Jr.
 * Ahmed Chalabi
 * Paul D. Eaton
 * William J. Fallon
 * Tommy R. Franks
 * Robert M. Gates
 * Karen Kwiatkowski
 * Douglas Lute
 * Jessica Lynch
 * William Odom
 * Peter Pace
 * David Petraeus
 * Donald Rumsfeld
 * Peter J. Schoomaker
 * Charles H. Swannack, Jr.
 * Ricardo S. Sanchez
 * Pat Tillman
 * Anthony Zinni

Other articles

 * Arab Spring
 * band of brothers
 * Bush administration militarization of government
 * Funding the war in Iraq
 * global detention system
 * Abu Ghraib
 * Bush administration and torture
 * Enemy Prisoner of War Camps in Iraq
 * extraordinary rendition
 * Guantanamo Camp Xray


 * Loose Cannon Pentagon
 * Mass graves in Iraq
 * military-industrial complex
 * No End in Sight (movie 2007)
 * Proliferation Security Initiative
 * Selective Service System
 * SourceWatch Resources related to the peace movement
 * Sunni awakening
 * U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
 * U.S. Embassy in Iraq
 * US Mission in Iraq
 * Walter Reed Army Medical Center
 * Walter Reed Army Medical Center protests
 * Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal

Categories
The following categories include numerous links to articles which are not found in these lists:


 * Iraq
 * War in Iran
 * War in Iraq
 * war/peace
 * war crimes
 * war propaganda

Organizations

 * American Legion
 * Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
 * Gold Star Families for Peace
 * Military Families Speak Out
 * Operation Truth
 * Veterans for America
 * Veterans For Peace
 * Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
 * Vets for Freedom