Resources Related to the War in Iraq
Dear Friends:
Below I have provided a number of links to different resources related to our conflict in Iraq. These links include ways to write members of our armed services, resources for parents and teachers to help in talking to children about war, information about Iraq and the history of the region, and resources for military families. I will continue to update this page as new resources become available. If you have any suggestions of further helpful resources, please click here to email them to my staff. Hopefully this information can be useful to you and your families in this difficult time.
Rosa L. DeLauro
Member of Congress
Write to Members of the Armed Services:
Operation DearAbby.Net
http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/
U.S. Department of Defense
http://defendamerica.mil/nmam.html
Resources for Parents and Teachers:
Yale University's National Center for Children Exposed to
Violence - Resources for Parents and Teachers
http://www.nccev.org
Brown University - Teaching With The News: Crisis with Iraq
http://www.choices.edu/iraq/index.html
PBS - Teaching about the Middle East
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/educators/index.html
American Psychological Association, "Managing Traumatic
Stress"
http://helping.apa.org/therapy/traumaticstress.html
American Academy of Pediatrics - "Advice on Communicating
with Children about Disasters"
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
Department of Defense - Deployment for Kids
http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/kidslink/grade_select.htm
Resources for Preparedness at Home:
Department of Homeland Security - Ready.gov
http://www.ready.gov/
Your Family Disaster Supplies Kit: Federal Citizen
Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/disaster/famlykit.htm
Flysmart: Federal Air Travel Safety Tips
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/travel/flysmart/flysmart.htm
Information about Iraq and the Middle East:
CIA World Factbook - Iraq
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html
CIA - Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/iraq_wmd/Iraq_Oct_2002.htm
United Nations - Iraq Oil for Food Program
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/
International Atomic Energy Agency
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/Focus/IaeaIraq/index.shtml
A Timeline of the Kurdish Conflict
http://mondediplo.com/2002/10/06timeline
How Did Iraq Come Into Being?
http://hnn.us/articles/998.html
Islam and Politics: Links from Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/islamsites.html
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3212.htm
Travel Alerts:
State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information
Sheets
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
Resources for Military Families:
Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey has put together an excellent
set of links for reservists and their families:
http://holt.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=4470&type=Services
In addition, here are a few others...
Department of Defense Deployment Link
http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/
Army Reserve Soldier and Family Resources
http://www.army.mil/usar
Air Force Reservist Family Information
http://www.afrc.af.mil/hq/dp/famred/default.htm
Naval Reserve Personnel Center
http://www.nrpc.nola.navy.mil/
Tricare
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/
Military Updates:
Army: http://www.army.mil/
or (800) 984-8523
Marines: http://www.usmc.mil/ or (800)
663-6772
Navy: http://www.navy.mil/ or (800)
663-6772
Air Force: http://www.af.mil/ or (800)
253-9276
How You Can Help:
Donate a Calling Card to keep service members in touch with
their families:
http://www.operationuplink.org
Donate to "Operation USO Care Package":
http://www.usometrodc.org/care.html
American Red Cross:
http://www.redcross.org/
South Central Connecticut Red Cross (New Haven):
http://southcentralctredcross.org
UNICEF Page on Iraq
http://www.unicef.org/noteworthy/iraq
Doctors Without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org