• Also see Odiousdebts.org's excellent list of Iraq news items and essays & reports.
• News aggregation via WN Network and Google

1. Jubilee Iraq Documents

• Privatisation, debt and the IMF, May 2005 (Word english, arabic)
• Problems with the Paris Club Deal, November 2004 (web)
• Quotes given to Paris Club representative, November 2004 (Word)
• 2 page summary handout, November 2004 (Word)
• The IMF and the Future of Iraq Zaid Al-Ali, December 2004 (web)
• Speech to Al Abrar Islamic Foundation in London on 8/4/04 (web) (Word)
• Saddam's Odious debts - 2 page summary handout, April 2004 (Word)
• Overivew of Saddam's debts for Berlin Conference (powerpoint doc)
• Assessing US policy on Saddam's debt, Middle East Report 2/3/04 (web) (Word)
• Saddam's Odious debts - article for online journal Swans 1/2/03 (web)
• Paying for the Executioner's Bullets: Iraqi views (web) (pdf)
• From Debt to Democracy, Middle East Report, August 2003, (web) (Word)

2. Other Papers

• Cato Institute - September 2004 - Patricia Adams
  > Iraq's Odious Debts
• Errlasjar.de - March 2004 - Jurgen Kaiser & Antje Queck
  > Odious debts, Odious Creditors: International Claims on Iraq
• Richard Segal (Exotix) - December 2003
  > The Year in Iraqi Debt (contact richard.segal@g-icap.com for a copy)
• UBS - 8/10/03 - Alex Garrard
  > Restructuring Iraq's External Debt (contact alex.garrard@ubs.com for a copy)
• Centre for Contemporary Conflict - 2/6/03 - Robert Looney
  > Bean Counting in Baghdad: Debt, Reparations, Reconstruction & Resources
• Oxfam - 28/5/03 - Arry Fraiser
  > A Fresh Start for Iraq
• World Development Movement - 9/5/03
  > Rebuilding Iraq: Start by Canceling the Debt
• The Heritage Foundation - 30/4/03 - Dr. Nile Gardiner and Marc Miles
  > Forgive the Iraqi Debt
• Ahmed Jiyad - 1/9/01
  > An Economy in a Debt Trap: Iraqi Debt 1980-2020
• Abbas Alnasrawi - 11/3/01
  > Oil, Sanctions, Debt and the Future
• Wajeeh Elali - 1/2/01
  > Dealing with Iraq’s foreign indebtedness
• Wajeeh Elali - 1/8/01
  > The international debt crisis of Iraq
• Sinan Al Shabibi - 1997
  > Prospects for Iraq's Economy: Facing the New Reality (in "The Future of Iraq")

2. Websites

• UN Compensation Commission
• UN Iraq page
• Paris Club - Cartel of creditor governments ("What is the Paris Club?" - Slate)
• IMF - International Monetary Fund - Iraq page
• World Bank - Iraq Page
• EU - Iraq Page
• G8 - Information centre

• Exotix - stockbroker trading in Iraqi debt
• Bryan Cave - US law firm advising claimants on reparation claims
• Middle East Economic Survey - excellent source on Iraq's economy
• Iraq Revenue Watch - a project of the Open Society Institute
• Le Droit International - Ikbal Falluji's arguments against UNCC (in arabic & french)
• Business & Human Rights - Links on Nazi & Apartheid reperations
• Future of Iraq Portal - a huge collection of Iraq related news and NGO links

3. Articles supporting debt justice for Iraq

• Middle East Report - 2/3/4 - Justin Alexander (Jubilee Iraq)
  > Downsizing Saddam's Odious Debts (analysis of Baker's progress)
• The Economist - 16/10/3
  > Those Odious debts
• Atlantic Monthly (Joseph Stiglitz) - 1/11/3
  > Odious Rulers, Odious Debts
• Georges Corms (former Lebanese Minister of Finance) - 16/7/3
  > Identifying the main Financial and Monetary issues in Iraq
• Canada National Post - 26/6/3 - Patricia Adams
  > Debt forgiveness
• Financial Times - 22/6/3 - David Mulford and Michael Monderer
  > Iraqi debt, like war, divides the west
• Centre for Contemporary Conflict - 2/6/3 - Robert Looney
  > Bean Counting in Baghdad
• Des Spiegel (Germany) - 2/6/3 - Harald Schumann
  > Squeezing Blood from a Stone
• FT (letter) - 29/5/3 - Justin Alexander (Jubilee Iraq)
  > Claims tribunal best way to face up to Iraqi debt
• Oxford Student - 22/5/3 - Carlo Invernizzi
  > Vultures Gather
• Novoe Vremya (Russia) - 15/5/3 - Tatiana Kamoza
  > The Delicate Debt Problem
• FT - 8/5/3 - Michael Kremer & S.Jayachandran > see letter
  > Make odious debt too risky to issue
• National Review Online - 6/5/3 - Hussain Hindawi, also 21/5/03
  > Dealing With Debt Problem or Opportunity
• Wall Street Journal - 30/4/3
  > Don't stick Saddam's victims with the bill for his rule
• Khaleej Times (Dubai) - 29/4/3 - Salil Tripathi
  > Compelling Case for Debt Relief
• Fox News - 27/4/3 - Helle Dale
  > Give Iraq a Clean Slate
• CADTM - 26/4/3 - Eric Toussaint (Français - Irak, guerre, dette et G8)
  > Iraq, War, Debt and the G8
• Empower America - 22/4/3 - Jack Kemp - comment by William Hartung
  > De novo in Iraq
• Weekly Standard - 21/4/3 - Irwin Stelzer
  > Forgive them his debts
• Guardian - 21/4/3 - Charlotte Denny
  > Writing off Tyrant's debts
• Moscow Times - 14/4/3 - Catherine Belton
  > Debate Rages on Reconstructing Iraq
• Bristol Evening Post - 12/4/3 - Dr. Eric Herring
  > Will the Iraqi People be Allowed to Rebuild their Country
• Review of International Social Questions - 9/4/3 - Noreenah Hertz
  > Drop Saddam's Debt
• Los Angeles Times - 4/4/3 - Warren Vieth
  > Iraq Debts Add Up to Trouble
• New Yorker - 31/3/3 - James Surowiexcki
  > A Clean Slate for Iraq
• Bristol Evening Post - 29/3/3 - Dr. Eric Herring
  > Liberation means freedom from debt

4. Articles opposing debt justice

For the sake of balance we have compiled a list of opposing articles, which is rather small, indicating the lack of decent arguments for making the Iraqi people liable for Saddam's odious debts.

• New York Times - 3/11/03 - Mark Medish
  > Make Baghdad Pay
• FT - 16/6/3 - Editorial
  > Iraq's debt
• FT (letter) - 26/5/3 - Lex Rieffel > Jubilee Iraq reply
  > Notion of odious debt is impractical
• FT - 1/5/3 - Harold James
  > The danger of being too forgiving
• FT - 27/4/3 - Edwin Truman > Jubilee Iraq comments > Mark Medish letter
  > The Right Way to Ease Iraq's Debt Burden
• FT - 15/4/3 - Editorial
  > Restructuring, Not Forgiveness
• Pravda - 14/4/3 - Dmitry Slobodanuk
  > The Theatre of Debt Absurdity