News sources, Iraq war ---------------------- Various web sources ----------------- http://whatreallyhappened.com Anti-US-gov link farm with attitude. Excellent! http://www.iraq-war.ru/ Daily resistance reports http://213.219.244.104 As above, for when DNS 'out of action'. http://tinyurl.com/5egzt Tiny url of above http://www.irandefence.net/ http://newsdeskhelsinkifinland.net/opensourcecenter/ http://iaisite-eng.org http://www.baghdadsniper.net/ Juba official website http://www.dailywarnews.blogspot.com http://www.albasrah.net/ Iraqi Resistance reports - archive & summaries. http://www.albasrah.net/moqawama/english/iraqi_resistance.htm http://www.albasrah.net/moqawama/english/iraqi_resistance.htm ALL IR reports http://www.farsnews.com/English/ Iranian http://www.freearabvoice.org/Iraq/Report/index.htm http://www.tehrantimes.com http://mathaba.net Iraqi Resistance Reports (sort of) http://www.abolkhaseb.net/images/hayfa-street/bagh-hayfa_120904.htm Resistance pics http://www.uruknet.info/ General news, plus an IR report mirror. http://www.underthesamesun.org/content/2004/11/index.html http://www.english.aljazeera.net The real one? http://www.aljazeerah.info The CIA front one? http://www.aljazeerah.us Alternative, if .info is down. (See above...) http://www.islamonline.net Another CIA front? http://antiwar.com/ Pretty good. http://www.tbrnews.org/ Voice of the white house reports http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P1280 Graph of US deaths. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html Original of graph. http://www1.iraqwar.ru/?userlang=en The famed GRU reports (stopped since mid April) http://engforum.pravda.ru/ Replacing the old iraqwar.ru ? http://www.g2mil.com/ "G2mil is the only Warfare Research Portal on net." http://www.aeronautics.ru Another source of GRU reports, with index. Venik http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/index.html Brit ambasador gone radical. http://www.smirkingchimp.com News with a sense of humour. http://rense.com General & unusual news. http://www.voxfux.com/ Excellent! Back now from govt suppression. http://www.arabnews.com English news from the region http://www.robert-fisk.com Great reporter. http://willthomas.net/Articles/Convergence/C20%20Power%20Shift%20In%20Iraq.htm http://www.strategypage.com/ http://www.geocities.com/wepollock Whole lot of fascinating stuff http://globalfire.tv/nj/03en/politics/content.htm European news site, anti-American. http://www.peacenowar.net/Iraq/News/Photo-Casualities.htm#2 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3300530&thesection=news &thesubsection=dialogue http://www.cursor.org/aljazeera.htm http://www.muslimwakeup.com/warspecialcoverage.htm http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/gulfwar2/ http://www.islamonline.net/English/index.shtml Islamic, in English. Suspect spin: http://www.carebridge.org/~tides Care: Observe who runs this site. http://www.globalsecurity.org/ Another US media-gov site. http://www.marchforjustice.com/id191.htm Reality shock photo gallery http://iraqbodycount.org/ http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=warimages http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2003/04/04/notes040403.DTL&nl http://cryptome.org/du-suck.htm Depleted Uranium - war crime http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2515407 http://www.mwaw.org media workers against war http://www.rupe-india.org/34/contents.html behind the invasion of Iraq http://www.guerrillanews.com/war_on_terrorism/doc1510.html Crude Vision http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1347635,00.html http://www.marchforjustice.com/id191.htm Shock & awe photo gallery http://www.gatt.org/regime/ The 'Regime change in US' playing card set. http://www.alternet.org http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=3844 http://www.dailykos.com/archives/003273.html#003273 http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/071103A.shtml Bush lied http://www.takebackthemedia.com/howtoimpeach.html ...lied, so impeach him. http://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_chittum.html USA will lose in iraq http://antiwar.com/ewens/casualties.html http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=709 http://firebaseskull.com/ Cool! http://www.militarycorruption.com/ http://joevialls.altermedia.info/subliminalsuggestion/fallujah.html http://joevialls.altermedia.info/iraq/carrierstrike.html "Come into my parlor..." http://rense.com/general51/amam.htm http://electroniciraq.net/news/1453.shtml http://www.joevialls.co.uk/myahudi/sunburn.html http://www.traveling-soldier.org/4.04.hoffman.php http://www.geocities.com/iraqinfo/index.html?page=/iraqinfo/gulfwar/du/tank.html http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp?target=missile_mystery.htm http://www.guerrillanews.com/human_rights/doc4255.html http://www.g2mil.com/May2004.htm The magazine of future warfare - retreat from iraq? http://popularmechanics.com/science/military/2004/3/weapons_of_insurgents/print.phtml http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/10/1084041339525.html good article on the torture. http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May_2004/0405013.html http://www.fountainofbaloney.com/2SADogpages/Live8usmilcoup/one.html Pantycons http://www.islamonline.org http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2004-07/28/article02.shtml http://globalsecurity.org/ http://www.militaryproject.org/article.asp?id=435 http://www.sftt.org/ Soldiers for the truth (pro US army) http://www.uruknet.info http://www.mideast84.com/ Middle East news http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index769.htm US-Israel clash ??? WTF?? Re US casualties http://www.aljazeerah.info/8%20o/Battle%20of%20Baghdad,%20April%205-7,%202003,%20Part%20II%20An%20Update%20By%20Eric%20H.%20May.htm http://www.geocities.com/onlythecaptain Ghost Troop http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html graph of official casualties http://thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=2703 False casualty figures http://icasualties.org/oif/Stats.aspx stats breakdown Whereabouts & status of US armed forces --------------------------------------- http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/.www/status.html Navy http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=146 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm Where are the carriers A list of countries military occupied by the US : http://www.kelebekler.com/occ/bas_gb.htm http://globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat.htm Maps - Iraq ------------ http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/035%20A4%20Iraq%20map%20030724.pdf http://www.al-bab.com/arab/maps/iraq.htm List of online Iraq maps Satellite imagery via google: (select 'satellite' at upper right) http://maps.google.com List of Iraq maps online: http://www.al-bab.com/arab/maps/iraq.htm Al Fallujah http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.347883,43.784294&spn=0.048752,0.063343&t=k&hl=en Ar Ramadi http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.423157,43.302612&spn=0.092869,0.087032&t=k&hl=en Baghdad http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.334579,44.356956&spn=0.195007,0.253372&t=k&hl=en Al Qaim http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.389610,40.992393&spn=0.195007,0.253372&t=k&hl=en Kirkuk http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.447388,44.384766&spn=0.092869,0.087032&t=k&hl=en Karbala http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.619953,44.003334&spn=0.092869,0.087032&t=k&hl=en Mosul http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.338139,43.119450&spn=0.092869,0.087032&t=k&hl=en Al Basrah http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.536499,47.817993&spn=0.185738,0.174065&t=k&hl=en Al Faw http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.975681,48.475456&spn=0.046434,0.043516&t=k&hl=en Umm Qasr http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.036278,47.937126&spn=0.092869,0.087032&t=k&hl=en Kuwait http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.227066,47.947769&spn=0.371475,0.348129&t=k&hl=en Pictures -------- http://ppoopp.host.sk/war/index.htm http://siteinstitute.org/bin/multimedia.cgi?Category=video&Subcategory=0&sort=newest&Rank=1&Mode=all http://alsaha.fares.net/sahat?128@106.kyEdnUuXM1o.5@.1dd66c03 Urk! http://www.aeronautics.ru/img/img006/coalition_hardware_losses_iraq/web_gal/hardware/gallery/index.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/abu-ghurayb-cc-imagery.htm http://www.abolkhaseb.net/media/vedio/shot1.wmv http://www.abolkhaseb.net/media/vedio/shot2.wmv http://www.abolkhaseb.net/media/vedio/shot3.wmv http://www.abolkhaseb.net/media/vedio/shot4.wmv http://www.abolkhaseb.net/media/vedio/shot5.wmv http://www.alchahed.net/fal111104.htm http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/ http://www.alfatihoun.edaama.org/Fichiers/Iraq/Iraq.htm http://www.ogrish.com/a/polish_and_american_troops_killed_in_attack-11-18-2004.html http://www.ihaarabic.com/sdc.feed.previews/C22256.mpg http://fallujahinpictures.com/ http://dahrjamailiraq.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album28&page=1 fallujah http://www.unit731media.com/ lots of videos http://www.mothers-milk.org/IraqUncensored/kt.html Weblogs -------- http://turningtables.blogspot.com/ A soldier's weblog http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ Iraqi woman's http://dahrjamailiraq.com http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=16878 US army letters DISPATCH: Dispatch From Baghdad: http://www.anitaroddick.com/weblog/weblogdetail.jsp?title=null&id=580 http://blog.newstandardnews.net/iraqdispatches/archives/000164.html http://www.nologo.org/ Naomi Klein http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/ http://www.en-camino.org/iraqreports/ http://www.back-to-iraq.com/ http://www.empirenotes.org/ http://vitw.us/weblog/archives/000663.html http://wildfirejo.blogspot.com/ http://pulpnonfiction.blogspot.com/ More attrocity pics http://screaming-penguin.com/info/AC130_GunshipMed_1.wmv http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm http://www.trackpads.com/video/index.php?action=showpic&cat=163&pic=1418 http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/ http://www.e-rocky-confidential.blogspot.com/ http://www.warblogging.com/ http://www.kathryncramer.com/wblog/archives/000549.html http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000105.php#more http://www.juancole.com/ http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000158.php#more http://www.livejournal.com/users/ioerror/ Bush exec order 13303 http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/08/15/120-print.html http://www.sftt.org/ http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target%20Homepage.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=28&rnd=48.45273649217524 http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/commentary/2003/0309quagmire.html http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/wounded/ http://www.cbc.ca/deadlineiraq/index.html Uncensored war news http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/11/274322.shtml Coming events, 200311xx http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0%2C13319%2CFL_gear_022404%2C00.html http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=265024&lang=e&dir=news http://electroniciraq.net/news/1268.shtml growing fury and unrest http://electroniciraq.net/news/1302.shtml http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar04/Nichols0327.htm Depleted Uranium http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx Casualty counts http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl http://Alshaab.com Cognitive dissonance - two stories, two world views: Clash gains mythic air, redefines conflict for Iraqis in capital http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4725737/ Marines find traces of suicide squads http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4717595/ Anti-war cartoons ----------------- http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war42.html This is one I wish I could read the text that goes with the picture: http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=787&sesid=1 Conventional media sources, generally high pro-gov distortion factor. Read between the lines, using other sources as backups. American media is almost exclusively in neocon (Zionist) hands. -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.upi.com http://www.reuters.com http://news.google.com http://www.heise.de/tp/english/ http://ipsnews.net/ http://www.smh.com.au http://news.bbc.co.uk http://www.sky.com/skynews http://wire.ap.org/APpackages/specials/specials.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/news http://www.observer.co.uk http://www.news.com.au http://www.theage.com.au http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au http://news.independent.co.uk http://www.underreported.com http://politics.guardian.co.uk http://www.ananova.com http://abcnews.go.com US Govt propoganda, high distortion factor http://www.cnn.com US Govt propoganda, high distortion factor http://www.israelnationalnews.com Israeli/jewish take. An eye opener. http://www.foxnews.com The worst of the liars. Aka Faux News. US State Dept daily briefings (Washington file) http://usinfo.state.gov Real nasty official gov/mil sites --------------------------------- http://www.cjtf7.com/command-info/oif2-links.htm Operation Iraqi Freedom http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/ Beware- possible CIA disinformation/suspect objective sites --------------------------------------------------------- http://www.jihadunspun.net/home.php http://memri.org (Israeli run, see http://www.juancole.com/ Definate Govt Disinfo sites (truth debunking, etc) --------------------------------------------------- http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jan/24-107572.html CNN doing its usual censorship thing: CNN has effectively halted correspondent Kevin Sites' blog at http://www.kevinsites.net/2003_03_16_archive.html#200025634 The relevant text: "I've been asked to suspend my war blogging for awhile." And of course, never forget all this madness kicked off with: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/NEWSTF/STRANGER_THAN_FICTION.html -----The best five------- http://whatreallyhappened.com Anti-US-gov link farm with attitude. Excellent! http://www.overthrow.com Another excellent, wide ranging site. http://www.aeronautics.ru Indexed translations of: http://www1.iraqwar.ru/?userlang=en Lots of reports, plus GRU intel reports. http://rense.com All sorts of anti-US-gov things. http://www.iraqdaily.com/ On seaching the web for news ---------------------------- "Actually, http://news.google.com/news is great value. Enter a search term and sort by date. You'll generally see a whole bunch of news items with much the same content as the various papers and news outlets pick it up off the wire. The headlines differ, but you can see the same phrases in the two line samples. It's easy enough to pick out different views." Names of reliable independent reporters & commentators Robert Fisk (in Bagdad) John Pilger (commentary) US Consulates in Australia -------------------------- Sydney www.usconsyd.org Open 8am-12.30 Level 59 MLC Center 19-29Martin Place 9373 9200 Media & Cultural Affairs enq: 9373 9200 Original GRU reports -------------------- From Russia, with obvious enjoyment of reversal of traditional truth/bullshit roles: 'The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq.' (Actually, seems to be direct from GRU sig-int corps.) Mostly in Russian , with a few English pages, eg: http://www.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=454 http://www1.iraqwar.ru/?userlang=en Their own English version. Finally. A site with English translations of major articles from iraqwar.ru : http://www.aeronautics.ru/ Some direct links, since navigation in the site is a bit awkward: www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news066.htm GRU's take on things (1st in series) www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news067.htm preparations in the north www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news068.htm preparations in the south www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news069.htm Mar 20, 1st day of war www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news070.htm Mar 21, 2nd day of war www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news071.htm How mil. radio comms are intercepted? www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news072.htm What is GRU? www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news076.htm Mar 23, situation in sth Iraq www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news077.htm Mar 24, sitn. at An-Nasiriya (update) www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm Mar 25, fighting the people www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news079.htm Mar 26, fighting the people (still) www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news080.htm Mar 27, reqm. for more troops www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news081.htm Mar 27, preparing for battle UPDATE www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news082.htm Mar 28, A week of war www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_015.htm Mar 29, Little change www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_016.htm Mar 30, Massing near Karabela www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_017.htm Mar 31, New attack www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_018.htm Apr 01, Battle of Karabela www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_019.htm Apr 02, Unstable front www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_020.htm Apr 03, Advance on Bagdad www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_021.htm Apr 04, Enter Bagdad www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_022.htm Apr 05, gradual reduction www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_023.htm Apr 06, Quickly changing www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_024.htm Apr 06, Ongoing skirmishes www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_025.htm Apr 07, Extreme fierceness www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_026.htm Apr 07, Less tense www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_027.htm Apr 08, Very last report www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/iraqwar_ru_028.htm Apr 08, "Events of the last 2 days.." Wow!: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=www.aeronautics.ru Looks like _lots_ of people think CNN, etc suck badly. Middle East sources ------------------- Israeli http://www.haaretz.com http://www.jpost.com http://www.debka.com/ http://palestineremembered.com/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6159512/Iraqi-shoe-thrower-offered-cars-homes-and-a-wife.html Afghanistan War ----------------- http://www.theunjustmedia.com/Afghanistan/pictures/sep09/American%20Hell%20in%20Afghanistan%20in%20pictures.htm http://www.theunjustmedia.com/