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News Research Without Borders: Covering the
War in Iraq at
Special Libraries AssociationAnnual Conference
June 2004
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Daily News Updates from the Research Center:
Daily updates of Nexis alerts with email notification—to o’seas correspondents
Daily email of Coalition Provisional Authority briefing transcripts from Federal News Service
Daily update and email of Lexis-Nexis Intranet Publisher—for stateside staff
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Websites:
Subscription Databases: Jane’s
Jane's OnlineJane's Terrorism Intelligence Center
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Websites:
Subscription Databases: Jane’s
Jane's OnlineJane's Terrorism Intelligence
Center E-Mail Alert: Jane's Security News Briefs
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News from Foreign Press:
Continuously updated Nexis search posted on remote intranet: BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
World Press Review--Daily E-Mail Alert
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News from Foreign Press:
Continuously updated Nexis search posted on remote intranet: BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
World Press Review--Daily E-Mail Alert
EINnews - Iraq Today Daily Brief (subscription required)
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News from Foreign Press:
World News Connection (FBIS) -- subscription database posted on internal and remote intranets. Used for specific requests, although alerts could be set up on Dialog.
U.S. State Dept. - Foreign Media Reaction -- reports on foreign media coverage of significant events.
Middle East News Sites in English -- list (w/links) from Brookings Inst. Saban Center: useful list of websites to check for coverage of key stories.
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Web News Aggregators:
GlobalSecurity.org -- has latest news, hot docs, hot topics. Has unique information such as satellite image maps and photos; full text of reports, etc.
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Web News Aggregators:
GlobalSecurity.org -- has latest news, hot docs, hot topics. Has unique information such as satellite image maps and photos; full text of reports, etc.
Global Policy Forum --
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Web News Aggregators:
GlobalSecurity.org -- has latest news, hot docs, hot topics. Has unique information such as satellite image maps and photos; full text of reports, etc.
Global Policy Forum -- Future of Iraq Portal --
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Additional Web News Aggregators: OccupationWatch.org -- Weekly e-
mail alert available: Occupation Watch Bulletin
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty -- Post Saddam Iraq - Daily News Reports-updated throughout the day- on scene reporting from expert reporters; also has daily and weekly e-mail alerts
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E-Mail Alert Services:
General Foreign News: Global Beat (NYU): select articles
of interest forward to our correspondents.
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E-Mail Alert Services:
General Foreign News: Global Beat (NYU) -- select articles
of interest & forward to reporters on beats.
International Crisis Group (ICG) -- e-mail alert on new reports.
IISS Strategic Comments (subscription) -- sent via e-mail to Research Center and re-distributed to reporters.
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Iraq and Terrorism:
MEMRI—Middle East Media Research Instute
Iraqi Press Monitor -- daily survey of the main stories in Iraq's newspapers.
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Iraq Blogs:
Informed Comment by Juan Cole -- widely respected scholar on Iraq updates blog several times a day; monitor via RSS feed (Bloglines); weekly e-mail alert available.
War In Context by Paul Woodward -- weekly e-mail alert available
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Think Tanks:
Council on Foreign Relations -- updated reports on Iraq & Terrorism; e-mail alerts available
CSIS -- scan for new reports. Washington Institute on Near East
Policy -- Policy Watch papers on terrorism, Iraq
Brookings/Saban Center for Middle East Policy -- scan for new articles, reports; e-mail alerts available.
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Research Challenges: Maps
Omni Resources: street maps of Baghdad CIA Maps of Saddam’s Palaces Military Press: 3 vol book: The Other Side
of the Mountain: Mujahadeen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War, including maps of Tora Bora Caves
U.S. Nat’l Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly NIMA)—great source for inexpensive, scale maps for purchase and also the GEOnet Names Server gazetteer
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Research Challenges: Maps GlobalSecurity.org – great source for
satellite imagery and other maps
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Research Challenges:
U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq DOD Military Casualty Statistics --
Deaths & Wounded -- breaks down by gender
CENTCOM News releases on Troop Casualties in Iraq
DOD Press Releases on Casualties Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
(Lunaville.org)
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Research Challenges: Casualties cont.
Google News Search – hometown paper may run story before DOD releases name
Iraq Body Count – for Iraqi civilian deaths
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Research Challenges--Statistics
Brookings Institution/Saban Iraq Index (“Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq“)
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Research Center’s Terror Network Names Database: Tracks names of individuals connected
with Terrorism investigations -- updated from news reports by name by alias by nationality by organization
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq—Links
News From Foreign Press: World Press Review:
http://www.worldpress.org/ EINnews: http://www.einnews.com/ State Dept. Foreign Media Reaction:
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/medreac.htm Middle East News Sites in English,
Brookings/Saban Center: http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/news.htm
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Web News Aggregators: GlobalSecurity.org:
http://globalsecurity.org/ Global Policy Forum (Iraq
Crisis/What’s New): http://www.globalpolicy.org/visitctr/whatnew.htm
Future of Iraq Portal: http://www.justinalexander.net/iraq/
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Additional News Aggregators OccupationWatch.org
http://www.occupationwatch.org/ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(Post Saddam Iraq) http://www.rferl.org/specials/iraqcrisis/
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
E-Mail Alert Services—General Foreign News: Global Beat:
http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/ International Crisis Group:
http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm IISS Strategic Comments:
http://www.iiss.org/stratcomments.php
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Iraq and Terrorism: MEMRI (Middle East Media Research
Institute): http://www.memri.org/ Iraqi Press Monitor:
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?iraq_ipm_index.html
Blogs: Informed Comment:
http://www.juancole.com/ War In Context.org
http://warincontext.org/
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Think Tanks: Council on Foreign Relations:
http://www.cfr.org/ Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS): http://www.csis.org/ Washington Institute on Near East
Policy (Focus on Iraq): http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/
Brookings Inst./ Saban Center for Middle East Policy: http://www.brookings.edu/sabancenter/
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Maps: Omni Resources:
http://www.omnimap.com/ (The) Military Press:
http://www.militarypress.co.uk/ U.S. Nat’l Geospatial-Intel Agency:
http://www.nima.mil/portal/site/nga01/ GEOnet Names Server:
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Casualty Figures: DOD Military Casualty Statistics:
http://www.dior.whs.mil/mmid/casualty/castop.htm CENTOCM:
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/casualties.asp DOD press releases on casualties:
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/ Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (lunaville):
http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx Iraq Body Count:
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/bodycount.htm
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News Research Without Borders:Covering the War in Iraq--Links
Reconstruction Statistics Brookings Institution / Saban Iraq
Index http://www.brookings.edu/iraqindex