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Generational Country Study: Iraq

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Map of Iraq

Online reference information

CIA Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
US State Dept.: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3212.htm
BBC Country Profile: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791014.stm
Library of Congress: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html

Online Searches

Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=Iraq
Google news: http://news.google.com/news?q=Iraq
Google books: http://books.google.com/books?q=Iraq
Free Google books: http://books.google.com/books?as_brr=1&q=Iraq
Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Iraq

Generational Crisis Wars

-- Iraq: Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire + Great Iraqi Revolution-- 1908-1920
-- Iraq: Iran-Iraq War -- 1980-1988

Article Cross-References

-- How inflammatory was President Bush's speech to Israel's Knesset?: The speech may have touched some nerves among the Palestinians, and changed American policy. (16-May-2008)
-- China and Taiwan: Understanding two different war paradigms: None of Obama, Clinton or McCain have any idea of this. (23-Apr-08)
-- The new Iraqi "civil war" fizzles out, as expected: Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a cease-fire on Sunday, (1-Apr-08)
-- Turkey invades PKK Kurd region of northern Iraq: Iraq is unfazed, and al-Sadr extends his cease-fire for six months. (23-Feb-08)
-- The Iraq war may be related to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.: On the first anniversary of the successful "surge" strategy, (17-Feb-08)
-- Egypt's failure to close the Gaza border further destabilizes the region.: Changing events brings Israelis, Palestinians and Egyptians into further confrontation and conflict. (26-Jan-08)
-- Anxious Americans become euphoric over Barack Obama: This kind of euphoria has occurred twice before recently. (6-Jan-08)
-- Pakistanis are increasingly joining forces with al-Qaeda: The contrast with the Iraq war and al-Qaeda in Iraq is instructive. (30-Dec-07)
-- Pakistan on high alert after massive terrorist bomb kills 50 worshippers: Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists from Pakistan's Tribal Regions (23-Dec-07)
-- Tony Blair compares the Mideast peace process to the Northern Ireland peace process: Generational Dynamics illuminates when such historical comparisons are valid and when they are not. (30-Nov-07)
-- Antiwar Democrats are freaking out over Bush's Vietnam - Iraq war comparison.: The same people who have been comparing Iraq to Vietnam for years (24-Aug-07)
-- Iraq: Suicide bombers interrupt celebrations in Baghdad over soccer win: Iraq's stunning 4-3 soccer victory over South Korea in the Asia Cup semi-final (26-Jul-07)
-- The al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, is bombed again: Last year's bombing triggered months of vicious sectarian violence in Baghdad, (14-Jun-07)
-- NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman shows ignorance and evasiveness about al-Qaeda in Iraq: In an interview that appeared on CNN on Sunday, (24-Apr-07)
-- Senator Ted Kennedy compares Iraq war to Vietnam War.: In a speech demanding total withdrawal from Iraq, (9-Jan-07)
-- Debate over civil war in Iraq rages over semantics: An actual crisis civil war in Iraq is impossible, but it's now embroiled in the November elections, (23-Aug-06)
-- Journalists have a 'civil war in Iraq' orgy over the weekend: It's hard to remember when news shows had so much sheer non-stop nonsense (21-Mar-06)
-- I just heard on CNN International: "The threat of civil war in Iraq is over.": Surprise! Surprise! The press corps was 100% wrong, and I was right. (28-Feb-06)
-- Fear of Iraqi civil war nears hysteria: But there is NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER of a civil war. (24-Feb-06)
-- Bird flu spreads through Northern Iraq, with 162 suspected human cases: After first denying that bird flu was involved, WHO now says that a teen girl died of bird flu last month. (3-Feb-06)
-- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is very dangerous, but he's looking increasingly pathetic: It was just two weeks ago when he claimed credit for the weather, (22-Sep-05)
-- Israel withdraws from Gaza amid hopes for peace and fears of instability: Here's what you should watch for in the weeks ahead. (16-Aug-05)

Other online references

Canadian Country Profile: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/ctry/country-en.asp?country=133000
UN Humanitarian Profile: http://www.irinnews.org/ME-Country.aspx?Country=IQ
National Geographic Music Profile: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/iraq_635
Kidon Media Link: http://www.kidon.com/media-link/iq.php
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq

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