Explanation of the president for the decision to seek from Congress an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic State. From the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aumf_02112015.pdf
Text of the draft resolution sent by President Obama to the Congress. From the White House
http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v09
The second of two volumes that document U.S. efforts to achieve a negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli dispute during the Carter Administration. Covers the Camp David meetings between representatives of Egypt and Israel and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty concluded in March 1979. From the State Department
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R43760.pdf
Examines current proposals for the use of military force against the Islamic State and compares them with such past proposals as those of post 9/11 in 2001, use of force against Iraq in 2002, and presidential authority under Article II of the Constitution. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IQ/UNAMI_OHCHR_POC_Report_FINAL_6July_10September2014.pdf
UN report on the human rights abuses committed by the Islamic State (ISIL) in Iraq in the summer of 2014. Also covers rights abuses by the Iraqi Security Forces. From the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/statement-president-isil-1
Text of speech of President Obama on 9/10/2014 about the U.S. strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL. From the White House
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43612.pdf?x
Reviews the emergence of ISIS as a transnational insurgent movement, the success of their summer campaign in northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria, and U.S. policy options. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R43720.pdf
Discusses selected legal questions raised by the use of military force against ISIS including the extent of presidential authority to use military force without congressional approval, the applicability of the UN Charter to U.S. military strikes in Syria or Iraq and more. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists