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
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