Nur al-Cubicle

A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press. Daily timeline of events in Iraq as collected from stories and dispatches in the French and Italian media: Le Monde (Paris), Il Corriere della Sera (Milan), La Repubblica (Rome), L'Orient-Le Jour (Beirut) and occasionally from El Mundo (Madrid).

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

12 May 2004 Events in Iraq

14.45 Baghdad. GENERAL KARPINSKI: "AT ABU GHRAIB I WAS OVERRULED". Gen. Janis Karpinski objected to transfer of authority to DoD Intelligence but was reversed by her superiors.

14.00 Najaf. CLERGY PROPOSE TRUCE as reported by Mohammad Moussaoui, Organization for Islamic Action.

13.35 Karbala SADR: "I WILL DISSOLVE MY MILITIA IF ORDERED BY SHI'A HIERARCHY". He's also ready to die a martyr.

13.20 London. TORTURE, BRITISH SOLIDER REPORTS OFFICERS WINKED AT ABUSE while troops made trophy digital recordings and photos around the clock.

13.15 London BLAIR: "TORTURE PICTURES ARE FABRICATED" SAYS Tony Blair to the House of Commons.

12.28 Suleimaniya. 30 ARRESTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. Ansar al-Islam members arrested in Suleimaniya (Kurdistan)

11.30 Nassiriyah. ITALIAN CARABINIERI CALL CENTER FLOODED WITH CALLS CONCERNING PRISONER ABUSE. Italian Carabiniere deployed to Iraq phoned in reports of prisoner abuse by British troops and Iraqi police.

11.04 Mosul. 4 PHILIPPINOS KILLED in mortar attack on US base in northern Iraq.

11.01 Washington US SENATE TO VIEW MORE ABU GHRAIB PHOTOS IN SECRET SESSION.

10.52 Doha. ARAB TV SHOWS BERG EXECUTION.

10.37 Baghdad. LYNNDIE ENGLAND: "I WAS ONLY OBEYING ORDERS".

09.04 Karbala. US FORCES KILL 25 IRAQIS

07.54 Karbala. PITCHED BATTLE 200 METERS FROM SHRINE. Fighting nears Imam Hussein shrine.

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