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Reason
January 2004
Jeremy Lott |
Found Objects What archaeologists can gain from markets, or lose by ignoring them   |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Ted Smalley Bowen |
IT Aids Search for Looted Art The looting of Iraq's museums and archaeological sites has raised the profile of stolen art trafficking. Digital tools are playing an increasing role in combating the trade, but they are no silver bullet. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Vernon Silver |
Egypt Is Looted, and Curators Balk Thefts of artifacts from Cairo's Egyptian Museum revive the debate over the repatriation of ancient art. |
Salon.com
May 11, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hey, mister -- wanna buy a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet for $10? Iraq's economic collapse means the oldest writing in the world can be bought for a song on eBay -- and has scholars racing to digitize Sumerian artifacts before they become paperweights... |
Reason
April 2005
Steven Vincent |
Ancient Treasures for Sale Do antique dealers preserve the past or steal it? Such is the allure of ancient treasures that, since the 1970s, this relationship has spawned global treaties, inflamed Third World nationalism, created a secretive Washington bureaucracy, and triggered federal prosecutions. |
D-Lib
May 2004
Jeanette Zerneke |
D-Lib Featured Collection May 2004: ECAI Iraq Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) constructed a website to bring together the available digital cultural heritage resources on Iraq, that covers a 10,000-year period of history, and includes profiles of 70 major historic sites and 50 empires and eras. |
Science News
March 28, 2009
Janet Raloff |
Treaty On Antiquities Hinders Access For Museums by James Cuno James Cuno describes how the United Nations treaty to prevent looting of archeology sites has affected researchers and scientists. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Mohammad Al-Gailani |
Assessing Iraq's Oil Potential Iraq is one of the most hydrocarbon-rich countries in the Middle East, and in the future, it could become one of the primary oil producers in the world. |
Reason
August 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Vase Deferens Here's the 5,000-year-old Warka Vase; it was missing from Iraq's National Museum when Baghdad fell, but was returned in June by three men who had it in the trunk of their car. |
Popular Mechanics
September 12, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
6 American Weapons Systems to Rearm Iraqi Army for Withdrawal This week the Wall Street Journal reported that Iraq is starting to inquire about the purchase of F-16 fighters from the United States -- another step in the process of the expected military withdrawal. |
Geotimes
May 2003
Josh Chamot |
War in Iraq Iraqi forces ignited their country's own oil resources as the United States military began its attack in March. But the damage to the Southern Rumaila oil fields is orders of magnitude less than what the Iraqi forces wrought on their neighbor Kuwait in 1991. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Asla Aydintasbas |
The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed. |
Reason
March 2002
Matt Welch |
The Politics of Dead Children Have U.S. sanctions against Iraq murdered millions? |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Bruce Nussbaum |
It's Time To Shelve The Rumsfeld Doctrine Denial is rampant in Washington. There is denial that intelligence mistakes were made in the months and years before September 11. There is denial that foreign policy mistakes were made in the runup to the war in Iraq. |
U.S. Banker
May 2003
Holly Sraeel |
Global Community? The World Can Only Hope. The free world is compelled to rebuild Iraq, complete with a democratic government, with the Iraqis for the Iraqis. It won't be cheap and, even more, it won't be easy. |
Searcher
February 2, 2005
Piper, Ramos |
Blogs of War: A Review of Alternative Sources for Iraq War Information No longer are professional journalists and media conglomerates the exclusive information providers in times of conflict. |
Salon.com
March 20, 2002
Hadani Ditmars |
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe... |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Spencer E. Ante |
Twitter Diplomacy The U.S. State Dept. is enlisting Silicon Valley companies such as Google and Twitter to help bring high tech to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
William Mcdonough |
Time for a New Strategy The Surge Strategy proposed by George W. Bush in 2007 has accomplished the majority of its goals and now is the time to significantly reduce the US presence in Iraq. |
Reason
March 2004
Steven Vincent |
Faith, Shame, and Insurgency After visiting Iraq, the author still supports the war -- even more so, in fact. But he is less optimistic now. |
Reason
January 2003
Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
National Defense
November 2006
David Axe |
Equipment Shortages Undermine Iraqi Forces As long as local Iraqi forces rely on the coalition for logistics support, a complete withdrawal is unlikely. |
National Defense
January 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Complex Realities Lie Behind U.S. Rush to Train Iraqi Army It has become crystal clear that fielding a competent Iraqi Army is a tenet of the U.S. exit strategy. What is far less apparent is what exactly constitutes a competent Iraqi fighting force, and how long it will be before it can relieve American troops. |
ifeminists
February 11, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Iraqi Women Brutalized by Saddam Before and after Sept. 11, politically correct feminists crusaded for Afghan women oppressed by the Taliban. By contrast, little outrage has been expressed over the treatment of Iraqi women under Saddam Hussein. |
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S. Moves to Rearm Iraq The U.S. government--following an extended delay--is aggressively moving to train and equip Iraqi security forces to provide for the internal and external defense of that war torn nation. |
Parameters
Summer 2005
Christopher M. Ford |
Speak No Evil: Targeting a Population's Neutrality to Defeat an Insurgency Using Iraq as a model, this article seeks to examine the relationship between the people and the insurgency, with the ultimate questions being: What role does the civilian population play in the insurgency, and how can this situation be influenced to achieve success? |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Stanley Reed |
Waiting For The Oil To Flow Again Not only is Iraq years from achieving its potential of producing 6 million barrels a day, but it is also still struggling to achieve its prewar output of 2.5 million -- let alone the 3.5 million or so it produced before the 1979 war with Iran. |
National Defense
February 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Iraqi Special Forces Need More Training, Equipment Iraqi commando units, known as special forces, continue to be hampered by equipment and training shortcomings, a Washington think tank expert contends. |
Popular Mechanics
March 15, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Hollywood Fact Check: How Realistic Is Iraq War Film Green Zone? The military conspiracy-thriller Green Zone, a policy debate masquerading as an action movie, has a premise that invites scrutiny. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2003
Stanley Reed |
Forging One Nation From Three Agendas What's the best way to bring Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds together under a cohesive democracy? |
Parameters
Winter 2006/2007 |
Book Reviews From Omaha Beach to Dawson's Ridge: The Combat Journal of Captain Joe Dawson. By Cole C. Kingseed... The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training and Root Causes. Edited by James J. F. Forest... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Glenn Zorpette |
Re-engineering Iraq U.S. and Iraqi officials have spent billions on restoring Iraq's electrical system. So why is Baghdad getting just six hours of electricity a day? |
