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History of conflict - Gulf War Australian War Memorial Collection Databases This site provides online access to the AWM collections of art, photography, film, sound, private records, military heraldry and technology. It covers major conflicts from the colonial period 1788 to the present, these include Iraq 2003, Afghanistan 2001, East Timor 1999-2000, Gulf War 1990-1991, Vietnam War, Korean War and the First and Second World Wars. There is a very large collection of Gallipoli images during World War One - with over 3000 in the database. The database is keyword searchable and also contains browseable collection highlights which include the attack on Sydney Harbour by Japan, the Battle of El Alamein, the Battle of Milne and the Kokoda Campaign during World War Two. Images are available for download but copyright permission must be sought from AWM. BBC News : Conflict in Iraq BBC News In Depth web site about the war in Iraq and its aftermath. The site provides news and analysis on the situation in the area and features maps, key documents, speeches, and pictures. There is also a multimedia console that depicts key moments of the conflict with Iraq, the build up and an analysis of issues surrounding the war. It contains videos and images of each week of the war, the first strikes, country profiles and interactive essays on the topic of morality and war. The site also contains a timeline providing key dates in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's regime. Canadian Military Heritage Project This site provides information on conflicts and wars which Canadians have participated in. Conflicts covered include the French-Indian Wars, War of 1812, Rebellion of 1837, World War One, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan 2001, and peacekeeping missions. It provides an historical background to the conflicts, timelines, battles, letters home, guest author submissions, links to further resources and guidelines for tracing family history. CBC Archives : Conflict and War Provided by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, this site provides access to radio and television clips from the CBC archives and links to further news stories and resources about the topics covered, for some subjects there are also educational activities for teachers. Subjects covered include the Rwandan genocide, World War Two, NATO, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, peacekeeping, Somalia, and the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Cluster Munitions: A Forseeable Hazard in Iraq This web site provides access to the full text of a briefing paper issued by Human Rights watch in March 2003. The paper warns against the use of cluster bombs by Allied forces during the 2003 Iraq War. Evidence of the dangers of this type of weapon for the civilian population is presented from the 1991 Gulf War. Government Views of Iraq Provided by Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief Government Documents Division, City College of New York. This site contains cross-referenced links to online primary resources about Iraq. The site covers the history of conflict in Iraq, providing links on the Gulf War, the Iran-Iraq War and the 2003 War, U.N. Resolutions, Geneva Conventions and international treaties. The focus of the site is US Government documents and information including Congressional Hearings, Federal Agency reports, press conferences, legislation, Presidential communications and USAID fact sheets. Guardian Unlimited Special Report : Britain After September 11 Latest news and commentary on Britain's role in the War on Terror. Contains information on the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan British national security and the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Bill 2001. Provides links to government, NGO and UK muslim websites. Guardian Unlimited Special Report : Iraq Site containing the latest news on the situation in Iraq. It has reports and analysis on relations between the US, UK and Iraq and UN sanctions. There are also interactive guides on the no-fly zones and the Gulf War, links to news sources in the Middle East and Iraq and a photo gallery of Iraq since the war. Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Ministry of Defence web site about the Gulf War Syndrome experienced by some veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. It contains information and links on the British Governement's policy on Gulf War Syndrome, a statement from the MoD on its position and research on Gulf War illness, papers and reports on the condition, and links to scientific and medical research. Gulf War : An In-Depth Examination of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf Crisis Provided by Frontline, a news program broadcast by PBS. The site contains maps, sound files from BBC Radio Four's series 'Voices in the Storm', and a chronology of events. The site also has sections on the weapons and technology used in operation desert storm, war stories from soldiers and pilots involved in the battles, and interviews with military leaders and politicians. Gulf War and Health : Volume 4. Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War This is a full text book made available by the U.S. National Academies Press and was published in 2006. More than 15 years have passed since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 and the offensive by coalition troops in January 1991. Oil-well fires became visible in satellite images as early as February 9, 1991; the ground war began on February 24; and by February 28, 1991, the war was over. The military operation in the gulf was brief: an official cease-fire was signed in April 1991, and the last troops to participate in the ground war returned home on June 13, 1991. In all, about 697,000 US troops had been deployed to the Persian Gulf during the conflict. Although the Persian Gulf War was considered a successful military operation with few injuries and deaths among coalition forces, many returning veterans soon began to report numerous health problems that they believed were associated with their service in the gulf. Although most Gulf War veterans returned to normal activities, some have had a wide array of symptoms and unexplained illnesses. This volume summarizes the overall health effects in veterans and notes which health outcomes are more evident in Gulf War veterans than in their nondeployed counterparts. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software will berequired in order to read it. Gulf War and Health : Volume 6. Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress This is a full text book made availanle by National Academies Press written by Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress dated 2008. Given the committee’s charge from VA—to assess the long-term health effects of deployment-related stress—the committee began by defining the deployment in question as “deployment to a war zone.” Combat is one of the most potent stressors that a person can experience, but as military conflicts have evolved to include more guerilla warfare and insurgent activities, restricting the definition of deployment-related stressors to combat may fail to acknowledge other potent stressors experienced by military personnel in a war zone or in the aftermath of combat. Those stressors include constant vigilance against unexpected attack, the absence of a defined front line, the difficulty of distinguishing enemy combatants from civilians, the ubiquity of improvised explosive devices, caring for the badly injured or dying, duty on the graves registration service, and being responsible for the treatment of prisoners of war. Deployment stressors associated with armed conflict include not only combat stressors but noncombat stressors. Non-combat-related stressors that might be experienced by deployed personnel are separation from family, friends, and colleagues; loss of or reduction in income; and concern over employment status when deployment ends. Therefore, the committee considered that military personnel deployed to a war zone, even if direct combat was not experienced, have the potential for exposure to deployment-related stressors and that the emotional and physical reactions of military personnel to those stressors can vary widely. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available to read online in open book format. Gulf War Illnesses : DoD's Conclusions About U.S. Troops' Exposure Cannot Be Adequately Supported Report numbered GAO-04-821T, from the United States General Accounting Office to the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, published in June 2004. It suggests that more people may have been exposed to chemical warfare agents during the 1991 Persian Gulf War than first thought. The report investigated official figures previously reported by the UK Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defense, which had been arrived at through plume modelling and found them to be inadequate. Gulf War illness is thought to have come from exposure to chemical agents in plumes - smoke clouds formed from the bombing of Iraqi sites. IAEA Iraq Action Team The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iraq Action Team was established in 1991 to carry out weapons inspections in cooperation with the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM), and began assisting the UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) in Iraq in 2002. The site provides details about the group and their inspection activities, IAEA Reports to the UN Security Council from 1991, UN Resolutions relating to Iraq, information on Iraq's nuclear weapon programme, press releases and background information. The site links to the IAEA home page. Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction : The Assessment of the British Government Dossier produced by the British Government and published on the 24 September 2002, this paper assesses Iraq's chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile programmes from 1971-1998 and from 1998-2002. It also provides a history of UN weapons inspections and UN resolutions relating to weapons of mass destruction, as well as providing information on weapons inspections carried out by UNSCOM between 1991 and 1998 and the establishment of UNMOVIC. There is also a profile of Saddam Hussein's political regime in Iraq and human rights abuses. National Army Museum The National Army Museum collects objects and records relating to the history of the British Army from 1415 to the present. The site provides information on the museum including visitor information, lists of special events and gallery and collection information. The site also provides a history of the British Army with summaries of battles and campaigns in which they have been involved. This includes the English Civil War, the Crimean War, the Boer War, the First and Second World wars, Korea, the Falklands and the Gulf. The site also provides advice on researching Army history, listing other useful resources such as books, web sites, museums and archives. National Gulf War Veterans and Families Benevolent Association The aim of this UK Association is to provide support to people who have suffered medical or psychiatric disorders following service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The web site explains what the NGV&FA does and support that they can offer. There is also a library of reports, articles and scientific papers which link to the full text where possible and cover issues such as depleted uranium, Gulf War Syndrome and illness in US and UK veterans, vaccines, osteoporosis, nerve agents and MoD reports. Open News Archive Clip Index Provided by BBC News under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence, this site contains free video and audio clips of iconic news stories and events over the last fifty years. The clips can be browsed by topic, location, year, or via an interactive map. Topics covered include conflicts and wars such as 9/11, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Falklands, Iraq, Kosovo, Middle East, and Northern Ireland; disasters; personalities and leaders; politics; science and technology; and sport. There are also details on the Creative Archive and how the clips may be used. Thunder and Lightning : Desert Storm and the Airpower Debates Using Operation Desert Storm and the Gulf War as an example, Colonel Mann offers a critical analysis of air and space warfare. He examines airpower debates before and after the Gulf War contrasting the debates of the 1970's - 1990's with those in the 1920's - 1940's. United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) UNMOVIC was created to replace the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) and to continue with inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This site provides details about the Commission and its work, inspection briefings, press statements on activities in Iraq, a brief chronology of events and UN documents such as UN Resolutions and quarterly reports. War on Iraq Information Portal Provided by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) based at Whitehall, London, this site provides information on the conflict in Iraq and its aftermath. It provides the full text of articles in the RUSI Journal and RUSI Newsbrief, breaking news and commentary. Other resources include information on the weapons inspectors UNMOVIC (in 2002) and UNSCOM (1991-1999), UN Resolutions, the UN Report on Human Rights in Iraq 2002, and information on the positions of the US, UK, France, Spain, Russia and Iraq. There is also a chronology of events in Iraq since 1991, and it is possible to register with the website to receive media updates on when additions are made to the website. War Report : Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath This site provides links to key reports, articles, documents and websites relating to the war and its aftermath in Afghanistan and the conflict in Iraq. It is frequently updated by the Project on Defense Alternatives which is part of the Commonwealth Institute. The resources include international news sites such as Reuters, BBC News and the Washington Post; United Nations reports; and non governmental organisations such as ReliefWeb. |
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