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This page has been created to assist you in the study of the issues involving the Iraq/United States conflict and the ongoing national and international debate.  Subject headings to check include: Just War Doctrine,  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Moral and ethical aspects,  Pacifism,  Hussein, Saddam, 1937-,   War --Moral and ethical aspects,  Jihad.

SELECTED WEBSITES:

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: This article discusses the "Just War Theory" and explains the historical background from the early 1500's. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/j/justwar.htm

"Just War Theory and the recent U.S. Air Strikes against Iraq," written by Mark Edward DeForrest(Gonzaga Law School)   This article gives a religious and a secular view of the "Just War Theory" as it was understood during the first Gulf War in 1991. 
http://law.gonzaga.edu/borders/documents/deforres.htm

Crimes of War web page: An article entitled, "Jus ad Bellum/Jus in Bello," written by Karma Nabulsi. A secular application of the theory of the "Just War."  This concept is explained in the context of the first Gulf War (1991). Additional links discuss related issues involving the concept of just and unjust wars. http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/jus-ad-bellum.html

"Forum :What's a "Just War" these days?"  by Terrence K. Kelly. This opinion article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on February 16, 2003. http://www.rand.org/hot/op-eds/021603PPG.html

"The Just-War Theory and its Non-Pacifist Rivals" by Kenneth Kemp, Department of Philosophy, Univeristy of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.(PDF document).
http://webcampus3.stthomas.edu/kwkemp/Papers/JWTR.pdf

The Ethics of War : The Theory of the Just War -- British Broadcasting Company's (BBC) "Religion and Ethics" web page. Various articles discuss the ethics of war with topics ranging from "Just War Theory" to Pacifism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/war/justwarintro.shtml

"Iraq War might not be a "just war," by Christian Bourge, UPI Think Tank Correspondent. Article originally dated October 1, 2002. http://www.americanvalues.org/html/1b___upi.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1011/p14s1-lire.html  "Morality and War, " by Jane Lampman, Religious and ethics correspondent for the CSM --article from the Christian Science Monitor originally written on October 11, 2001.

http://pewforum.org/issues/display.php?IssueID=11  -Pew Forum article on the "Just War Theory" 

American Center for Law & Justice web page "Just War Theory and Iraq"

http://www.breakpoint.org/Breakpoint/ChannelRoot/Home/A+Fact+Sheet+on+Just+War+Theory.htm
-- Breakpoint Online magazine -- A fact sheet on the "just war theory" dated December 3, 2001.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=690d8a398ff72111&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026145147572&call_page=TS_World&call_pageid=968332188854&call_pagepath=News/World&col=968350060724
Toronto Star article dated March 19, 2003 : "Iraq since 1990 : a chronology".

Select website links from the Minneapolis Public Library :  http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/iraq.asp  

The following links have been posted by the Minneapolis Public Library and represent a select bibliography of resources on the Iraq/United States conflict.

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