US-Coalition War to Liberate Iraq
Interesting Documents, Articles, Testimony and Reports for Iraq
Where to Get POW-MIA Bracelets - All Wars :: Iraq, PGW, SEA, Korea, KIA
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POWs and Captives - POW Rights According to the Qur'an
Unaccounted-For- Current Status List
Iraq Casualty List - Operation Iraqi Freedom Combat and Non-Hostile Deaths
Iraq POW-MIA - Original POW, MIA and DUSTWUN List
Operation Enduring Freedom - Casualty List Combat and Non-Hostile Deaths
Acronyms - Glossary Used in POW-MIA Accounting Efforts
DoD Instruction 2310.5, "ACCOUNTING FOR MISSING PERSONS" - Definitions, Policy, Responsibility, Scope, Procedures
Taguba Report: Article 15-6 Investigaton of 800th Military Police Brigade
Report of the ICRC on the Treatment of POWs - Iraq - February 2004 PDF
Geneva Conventions 1949 - Articles Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1949
Geneva Conventions - Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Code of Conduct - An In-Depth Study
H CON 118 - POWs and MIAs of Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Iraq Facts
Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932.
A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, the latest being SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991.
Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years resulted in the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime.
Coalition forces remain in Iraq, helping to restore degraded infrastructure and facilitating the establishment of a freely elected government. The Coalition returned sovereignty to the Iraqi people by July 2004.
CIA World Fact Book 2004
