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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- Capital city: Baghdad
- Form of government: Transitional following April 2003 invasion by US-led coalition
- Population: 24,683,313 (July 2003 est.) (74% urban)
- Total area: 434,924 sq. km
- Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian
- Religions: Islam (97%) (Shi'a 65%, Sunni 35%)
- Per capita GDP: $2,400 p.a. (2002 est.)
- Exports: $13 bn (2002 est.); crude oil
- Literacy: 40% (1995)
- Life expectancy: 67.8 years (69.0f, 66.7m)
Sources
- CIA World Factbook | country data - Iraq
- U.S. State Department | Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs | country profile - Iraq
- British Foreign Office | Country Profile - Iraq
- U.S. Library of Congress | country study - Iraq
- ArabDataNet - country information, news, directory, events
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Iraq
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Reconstructing Iraq - news, analysis, links and multimedia sources on the
situation in Iraq, updated daily
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas) | Iraq - government and politics, history and archaeology, news and
newsgroups
- Countries of the World | - Iraq - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and
weather
- Encyclopedia of the Orient - Iraq - politics, economy, health & education, maps, people & religion, history
- Nation by Nation | country data - Iraq - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- World Skip - subscription service
- The economy & social development
- The Economist | country briefing - Iraq
- OneWorld.net - coverage of human rights and sustainable development
- Norwegian Refugee Council | Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) database - Iraq
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Iraq
- Human rights
- Human Rights Watch | - Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan - excellent compendium of news, analyis and reports
- International Lesbian and Gay Association | Country Survey - Iraq - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance
- Governments on the WWW - Iraq - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law
courts, embassies, etc
- Political Resources | - Iraq
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | - Iraq
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Iraq - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Iraq
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Future of Iraq Portal - linksite with a focus on what Iraqi ex-pats and friends of Iraq can do to support and empower the Iraqi
people
- IraqiOasis.com - Iraqi media, business, education, religion, entertainment, travel and accommodation
- iraq.Designerz.com - news, maps, sanctions, education
- Iraq For You - music, videos, poetry, sport, photo gallery, web directory, news and articles
- Iraq.net - independent organisation offering "a place for all Iraqis to publish and speak freely about any issue related to Iraq"
- Iraq Chat
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Governments on the WWW - Iraq - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law
courts, embassies, etc
- Provisional Government
- Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA Iraq) - US government body that "exercises powers of government temporarily to provide for
the effective administration of Iraq during the period of transitional administration"
- United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) - one of nine Unified Combatant Commands, assigned operational control of
U.S. combat forces whose area of operations stretches from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia
- Kurdish Iraq
- Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) - the authority that rules over much of the liberated area of Iraqi Kurdistan including the
provinces of Erbil and Duhok, with the city of Erbil as its capital
- Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Iraq
- Center for the Disappeared in Iraq (Mafqud) (Cambridge, MA, USA) - human rights organisation devoted to the disappearances
of Iraqis and Arabs
- Documental Center for Human Rights in Iraq (Tehran, Iran) - maintains a large collection of documents related to human rights
abuses in Iraq, including scans of official documents, descriptions of torture methods, news reports, etc
- Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) (Washington, DC) - works to improve humanitarian conditions in Iraq through
education and advocacy in the United States
- Holy Land Trust Iraq - nonprofit, humanitarian organization whose goal is to strengthen and improve the lives of children, families
and communities in the Middle East through a wide variety of community development and economic assistance programs
- INDICT (London) - campaigns for the creation of an ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal to try leading members of the Iraqi
regime on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide and torture
- Iraq Action Coalition (Raleigh, NC, USA) - online media and activists' resource center for groups and activists who are working to
end the war against the people of Iraq
- Iraq Foundation (Washington, DC) - non-profit, non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Iraq,
and for a better international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political stability and economic progress in the
Middle East
- Iraq Watch - comprehensive web site devoted to monitoring Iraq's progress in building weapons of mass destruction, describing
key Iraqi organizations and sites, listing their foreign suppliers, and providing access to U.N. and other documents that describe
Iraq's activities
- Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) (London) - Working to protect and promote the human rights of all persons living
throughout the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the former Soviet Union
- Medical Aid for Iraqi Children (MAIC) (London) - charity which helps to save the lives of children in Iraqi hospitals
- USAID: Assistance for Iraq - US government agency committed to improving the lives of all Iraqis and working to provide needed
assistance to the people of Iraq - to encourage growth, support democracy, and restore health and education systems
- Political parties
- Constitutional Monarchy Movement (CMM) - believes in the unity of the Iraqi homeland, the borders of which were marked out
under international law in the 1920’s, and that the diversity of ethnic and religious groups in Iraq should be a source of strength
to the homeland
- Iraqi Communist Party
- Iraqi Democratic Union (IDU) of America (Ferndale, MI) - aims to enhance the Iraqi community status, identity and its link with
the motherland Iraq, and to show solidarity with the Iraqi people's struggle for freedom, democracy and human rights
- Iraqi Islamic Party
- Iraqi National Accord (INA) - advocates the removal of the regime of Saddam Hussein by encouraging and working with
opposition elements (both military and civilian) within Iraq in their efforts to bring about change
- Iraqi National Coalition - umbrella organisation established to co-ordinate opposition against the present regime in Iraq with a
united political front
- Iraqi National Congress (INC) - uniting all opposition forces to work towards the common objectives of saving the Iraqi people
from their long national tragedy while at the same time ensuring the territorial integrity and independence of the nation under a
democratic, constitutional, parliamentary and pluralistic structure
- Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Iraq - senior coalition political partner in the Kurdish Regional Government and Kurdish
National Assembly which supports the struggle of the late Kurdish national leader, Mustafa Barzani
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
- Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) (Iran) - headed by Ayatollah Mohamad Baqir Al Hakim and consisting
of a general assembly of 70 members representing different Islamic movements and scholars, and the Badr Corps, a military
force of thousands of former Iraqi officers and soldiers who defected from the Iraqi army, Iraqi refugees, and other Iraqis who the
country
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- University of Dohuk (Kurdistan) - state university affiliated with the Council of Higher Education and Scientific Research and
supported by the Kurdistan Regional Government
- Salahaddin University (Kurdistan)
- Kurdish Institute of Paris - independant, non-political, secular organisation open to all Kurds, whatever their geographical origins,
their beliefs or their opinions
- World Ahle Biat Women Organization (Pakistan) - Islamic site for Muslim women
- Chaldean Voice - local news, poetry, music and songs
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Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
- Alqush.com - ancient Assyrian town in Bayhidhra Mountains
- Iraq at Heart - focuses on Iraq's culture, people and art
- IraqiPages.com - old documentary pictures of Iraq, the land and the people, plus links
- Iraqi Art - presents Iraqi art and culture, including more than 30 artists, 100 old Iraqi song lyrics, and many old Iraqi singers
modern and folklore poetry, calligraphy, music and more
- Maqam Music - fine Arabic and Middle Eastern music
- ShiaSearch.net - introduction to Shiism networks, including religious figures, shia links, institutes and centers, services,
libraries, debates, questions and answers, children and adolescents, and women
- Strokes of Genius Contemporary Iraqi Art (London) - non-political, non-profit, independent artistic organisation dedicated to
advancing Iraqi art and world art at large
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Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
- Iraqi Sports Online
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Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
- Al-Merjan Travel and Tourism Agency - specialises in conducting tours of the civilization of Mesopotamia
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
- Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (UK)
- Muslims, Islam and the Iraq War (University of Georgia) - database of maps, historical background information and viewpoints of
various religious groups, aimed at "informing the public in a scholarly manner about the relationship of the war in Iraq to Islam
and Muslims, including Shi'ites, Kurdish Sunnis, and Arab Sunnis"
- International Crisis Group (ICG) (Brussels) - independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 90 staff members on
five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Washington, DC) - public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and
informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East
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Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
- Al Iraqi - online forum for Iraqis by Iraqis, with no affiliation with any groups, political parties, or associations
- Al Majresha - newspaper (in Arabic)
- Al-Muntada - U.S.-based Assyrian-Chaldean monthly magazine (in Arabic)
- Baghdad.com - Iraqi news from the World News Network
- Gulf Business Magazine
- Nidaa Arrafidain - newspaper (in Arabic)
- Nahrain - news and information about Iraq (in Arabic)
- Radio Sawa - service of U.S. International Broadcasting, which is operated and funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG), an agency of the U.S. Government.
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Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
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Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
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