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.

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. Also available in Arabic as PDF file and Word file.

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

Timeline: day by day
A daily guide to the main events, with a history of the run-up to the war in the Gulf (The Guardian)

The war hour by hour
Events  as they unfolded: March 20 | March 21 | March 22 | March 23 | March 24 | March 25 | March 26 | March 27 | March 28 | March 29 | March 30 | March 31 | April 1 | April 2 | April 3 | April 4 | April 5 | April 6 | April 7 | April 8 | April 9 | April 10 | April 11 | April 12 | April 13 | April 14

Dear Raed  
Diary of Salam Pax (the "Baghdad blogger"). A revealing and witty account of a young Iraqi's life during the last months of Saddam Hussein's regime. See also interview with Salam (The Guardian, 30 May, 2003) and How I became the Baghdad blogger (The Guardian, 9 September, 2003).

Casualties
Latest available figures

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

"Most-wanted" list
Names of the 55 "most-wanted" officials in Saddam Hussein's regime, and those who have been arrested.

Deck of cards 
Playing cards issued by the US Defense Department showing faces of the "most-wanted" officials.

The Iraq war and archaeology 
Impact on archaeological and historical sites, monuments and artefacts. A version of this site is updated daily at the Baghdad Museum Project site.

Baghdad Museum Project  
Campaign for the recovery, restitution, and protection of Iraq's cultural heritage.

Campaign for Innocent Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) 
Aims to provide assistance to innocent civilians harmed in Iraq.

The Law of Belligerent Occupation  
Michael Schmitt (Crimes of War Project, 17 April 2003)
"It is important to understand that occupation does not imply an assumption of sovereignty over the territory."

The unseen war: how the media failed  
An excellent but alarming overview by Michael Massing ( New York Review of Books, 19 May 2003)

Permission to fire
Investigative report about the attack on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad by US forces, which killed two journalists and wounded three others. (Committee to Protect Journalists, 27 May 2003)

Caught in the crossfire: the Iraq war and the media  
International Press Institute report on press freedom violations and the role of the media in the war. See also press release.

Media coverage of the Iraq war 
A selection of items from US National Public Radio

CNN’s Iraq coverage before the war 
Discussion by Terence Smith (pbs.org - 15 April 2003)

How the Arab media covered the war 
Terence Smith (pbs.org - 6 April 2003)

"Embedded" journalists 
An assessment by Terence Smith (pbs.org - 1 April 2003)