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A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press.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).

Thursday, May 20, 2004

20 May 2004 Events in Iraq

22.30 Najaf. EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE REPORTED.

19.21 Baghdad. PACHACHI: ITALIAN TROOPS SHOULD STAY IN IRAQ AFTER 30 JUNE. [Pachachi may be tapped for President].

19.10 Baghdad. HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION: 15 CHILDREN AMONG THE DEAD. Of the 43 people killed by strafing at the wedding celebration, 15 were children and 10 were women.

17.25 Baghdad. GENERAL KIMMITT SAYS US MILITARY WILL INVESTIGATE the wedding party incident.

16.43 Washington. USA WANTS MORE TROOPS IN IRAQ TO PROTECT UN POLLWORKERS.

16.28 Baghdad. CHALABI CUTS ALL TIES TO COALITION

16.10 Baghdad. GENERAL MILLER: A FEW BAD APPLES RESPONSIBLE FOR ABU GHRAIB ABUSES.

15.05 Nassiriya. TALLIL BASE HIT BY KATIUSCIA ROCKETS [Just wait until Chelabi starts funding the resistance]

12.53 Samarra. US SOLDIER KILLED BY BOMB.

12.20 Rome. FUNERAL OF MATTEO VANZAN, FIRST ITALIAN BATTLE CASUALTY SINCE 1944 Thousands throng church.

12.00 Mosul 1 DEAD, 4 WOUNDED IN EXPLOSION.

11.25 Baghdad. CHELABI'S HEADQUARTERS RAIDED.

10.27 Najaf. FIVE IRAQIS KILLED IN NAJAF, 13 WOUNDED.

10.10 Baghdad. US SOLDIER KILLED BY GRENADE IN DOWNTOWN BAGHDAD

10.05 Baghdad. RED CROSS DENOUNCES EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE BY US OCCUPIERS

09.28 Basrah. SPANISH CONVOY ATTACKED NEAR KUWAIT BORDER during pullout operation.

09.02 Nassiriya. RPG AIMED AT ITALIAN BASE IN NASSIRIYA.

08.25 Karbala 9 DEAD IN CLASH, including women and children

03.24 Baghdad. MAJORITY OF IRAQIS WANT OCCUPIERS OUT

02.28 Washington. NEW ABUSE PHOTOS featuring Sabrina Harmon, Charles Graner and the corpse of Manadel al-Jamadi.

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