War in Iraq: Selected Articles

The following is a selection of relevant and poignant articles that I have found, or that have been recommended to me while researching the history and motivations of US involvement with Iraq. I have tried to highlight articles that refer directly to primary sources or first hand experience, while representing a solid alternative to the mainstream understanding.

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Prof. Marjorie Cohn:
UN Resolution 1441: Blackmailing the Security Council

Sunday Herald (Scotland):
How Did Iraq Get Its Weapons? We Sold Them

Internal UN document:
Likely Humanitarian Scenarios

William Polk in NYRB:
Iraq: A New Leaf

Michael Parenti:
Defying the Sanctions: A Flight to Iraq

Elias Davidsson:
Illegality of US planned attack on Iraq

Joy Gordon in Harper's:
Cool War: Economic Sanctions as Weapons of Mass Destruction

Scott Ritter:
Is Iraq a True Threat to the US?

Daniel Ellsberg:
Recent Interviews and Writing