Reflections from the Hot Zone: Iraq, Part I
Through the glass curtain: out of Africa and back to Iraq Read Full Entry
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Wed, Nov 9 2005, 6:57 PM ET
The Battle to Rebuild
On the anniversary of the fight in Fallujah, one Marine launches a different offensive. Read Full Entry
Fri, Nov 11 2005, 7:32 PM ET
Reader Comments of the Week: Iraq
Each week the Hot Zone team will select some of the more interesting reader comments to feature. Read Full Entry
Sun, Nov 13 2005, 8:28 PM ET
Lost in Translation
Marines try finesse, not just firepower, in efforts to map the insurgency. Read Full Entry
Mon, Nov 14 2005, 5:44 PM ET
Their Own Drummer
The Iraqi army has some success stories, but problems still exist - like fighting a full-time insurgency on a part-time schedule. Read Full Entry
Tue, Nov 15 2005, 9:06 PM ET
Marine Life
Marines are still living - and dying - in Iraq's most unforgiving province. Read Full Entry
Thu, Nov 17 2005, 7:57 PM ET
Q&A: Charting Fallujah's Course
The top Marine commander in Fallujah predicts Iraqi police will be ready to control the city in six months. Read Full Entry
Fri, Nov 18 2005, 7:48 PM ET
Reader Comments of the Week: Iraq II
Each week the Hot Zone team will select some of the more interesting reader comments to feature. Read Full Entry
Fri, Nov 18 2005, 10:55 PM ET
Reflections from the Hot Zone: Iraq, Part II
Phantoms of Fallujah Read Full Entry
Tue, Nov 22 2005, 4:00 PM ET
Breaking Bread
A humanitarian mission near Baghdad shows the intense complexity of the conflict, both bad and good. Read Full Entry
Wed, Nov 23 2005, 4:47 PM ET
Cache Out
Finding and destroying insurgent bombs is satisfying work, but it never seems to end. Read Full Entry
Mon, Nov 28 2005, 8:59 PM ET
Through the Looking Glass
Compared with the rest of Iraq, the north seems like a dream. But that dream has its price. Read Full Entry
Tue, Nov 29 2005, 5:43 PM ET
Saddam's Shop of Horrors
Torture and execution were staples of the Red Security intelligence headquarters in northern Iraq. Now the building is a monument to Kurdish resilience. Read Full Entry
Thu, Dec 1 2005, 9:00 PM ET
Rebels Without a Pause
They are some of the toughest fighters around. But will they give their loyalty to the new Iraq? Read Full Entry
Fri, Dec 2 2005, 6:50 PM ET
Other Voices
Confronting the 'clash of civilizations' mentality that prevents Arab and American understanding Read Full Entry
Fri, Dec 2 2005, 6:57 PM ET
Iraq Video Report
A raging insurgency complicates efforts to rebuild Fallujah, while U.S. troops try to win hearts and minds in Baghdad. Meanwhile, northern Iraq is progressing. Read Full Entry
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- Kevin Sites' Blog - read pre-Hot Zone blog dispatches from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas.
- BBC: Iraq Country Profile - includes a map, key facts, and profiles of political leaders.
- BBC: Iraq Timeline - chronology of key events.
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Iraq - includes daily updates of what Iraqi papers are reporting, translated into English.
- Iraqi Transitional Government - official interim government site. Includes profiles of officials, and information on issues such as elections, security, reconstruction, law, and the constitution.
- Costs of War - running tally of the U.S. taxpayer cost of the Iraq War, from the National Priorities Project.
- Iraq Body Count - independent public database of media-reported civilian deaths related to the U.S.-led war and occupation in Iraq.
- CNN:U.S. & Coalition/Casualties - capsule profiles of casualties related to the war in Iraq.
HOW TO HELP
- Save the Children: Iraq - working to improve Iraqi children's lives, and to help rebuild war-torn neighborhoods.
- CIVIC Worldwide - works to help unintended victims of conflict, and to raise awareness of the effect of war on civilians. Founded by human rights organizer Marla Ruzicka, who died in Iraq.
- Int'l Committee of the Red Cross: Iraq - focuses on those detained or interned by the coalition forces in Iraq and by the Iraqi authorities; has curtailed other relief operations due to widespread violence.