IANSA Members and Iraq

IANSA Resources

News items on the Conflict in Iraq


Participants Statements on the Conflict in Iraq
As we receive them links to IANSA members and supporters statements, contributions and links will be posted here:
Amnesty International
Center for Defense Information
Christian Science Monitor: Biggest terror threat is from small arms
Conflict in Iraq: BASIC, ISIS and Saferworld
Hague Appeal for Peace
Bill Hartung: An Open Letter to Bill O'Reilly
Bill Hartung: The Hidden Costs Of War
Human Rights Watch: Cluster Munitions a Foreseeable Hazard in Iraq
International Crisis Group: Baghdad Race Against The Clock
IPPNW
IPPNW (Nigeria)
IPPNW Collateral Damage: The Health and Environmental Costs of War on Iraq
National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
Oxfam GB
Patricia Lewis, Director of the UN's Institute for Disarmament Research.
WILPF
DISCLAIMER: IANSA participants are responsible in their individual capacity for their statements and policies. Views expressed in the name of IANSA do not necessarily represent the views of all IANSA participants.

News items on the Conflict in Iraq

5 May 2006	Iraq: Initiatives On Armed Groups Raise Concerns Radio Free Europe
5 March 2006	Guns in demand as Iraqi seek protection AlertNet
24 February 2006	Journalists 'must resist call to carry arms' The Guardian (UK)
9 October 2005	Iraq to shut borders, ban guns for referendum Stuff (New Zealand)
2 August 2005	Soldier pleads guilty to smuggling arms The Guardian (UK)
27 January 2005	Pre-Election Gun Boom in Baghdad IWPR
18 October 2004	Iraq Extends Weapons Amnesty CNN
17 October 2004	Iraqi Officials Plan to Extend Buying of Arms The Ledger (US)
12 October 2004	Rebels begin weapons handover Seattle Times
10 September 2004	Iraq Allowed To Rearm: Critics say embargo lift may worsen Iraq's security problems National Catholic Reporter (US)
11 August 2004	Stop the guns targeting aid workers Globe and Mail (Canada)
3 August 2004	Gunrunning Out of Iraq IWPR
19 July 2004	Forget WMD -- It's Conventional Arms That Are Killing GIs and Iraqis LA Times
13 July 2004	Arms suppliers scramble into Iraq Asia Times
June 30 2004	'Millions of guns' inundate Iraq BBC
June 21 2004	White House Letter: To Bush, Saddam's gun is more than a pistol International Herald Tribune
June 10 2004	Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract Bellaciao.com
May 25 2004	Iraqi weapons pipeline probed Washington Post
May 25 2004	Pentagon’s civilian employees arm themselves in Iraq MSNBC
May 24 2004	Iraqis flocking to sell arms for fistful of cash SFGate.com
May 17 2004	Hired guns: Australian mercenaries in Iraq Herald Sun (Aus)
March 23 2004	In Baghdad, fewer guns left on streets USA Today
March 11 2004	Hired guns are vital to forces in Iraq STLtoday.com
December 5 2003	Iraqis in tune with the way of the gun IOL
November 30 2003	Iraq war diverting resources from war on terror, experts say Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
November 11 2003	The Iraqi quagmire and the US election www.aljazeerah.info
November 5 2003	Iraq small arms are a big threat Christian Science Monitor
November 3 2003	Spinning out of control The Guardian (UK)
September 14 2003	America's hidden battlefield toll The Observer
August 14 2003	Baghdad gun deaths are 47 times higher than this time a year ago Fox News
June 16 2003	Justice and Force in Postwar Iraq World Press Review
June 1 2003	Small arms amnesty begins Herald Sun (Australia)
May 26 2003	Iraq: Gun gangs rule streets as US loses control The Observer
May 25 2003	Arms Ban in Iraq from June 15 Dubai Photo Media
May 6 2003	Policing of Baghdad falls again on troops SFGate.com
March 26 2003	Gun market thrives on dread Iraqi Kurds arm themselves, looking to past and future SFGate.com

Current Issues

A Dossier of Civilian Casualties in Iraq, 2003-2005
Iraq Body Count

UK and US governments must monitor Iraq casualties
British Medical Journal

Humanitarian Practice Network

IANSA collegue injured in UN Baghdad HQ explosion

International Crisis Group: Baghdad Race Against The Clock

Rachel Stohl in Christian Science Monitor "War ends, but Iraq battle over small arms just begins"

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