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A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press.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

Monday, May 24, 2004

24 May 2004 Events in Iraq

19.53 Nassiriya. PROVINCIAL CPA HEADQUARTERS MOVES INTO BASE WHITE HORSE. HQ moves inside the fort (Italian military base).

19.10 Rome. USA-UK DRAFT UN RESOLUTION FOR IRAQ IS A GOOD POINT OF DEPARTURE says Italian Foreign Minister.

18.56 Brussels. BELGIUM EXCLUDES SENDING TROOPS Belgian Defense Minister André Flahaut says no troops until control is given over to the UN.

18.50 Kirkuk. EXPLOSION DAMAGES PIPELINE TO TURKEY Kirkuk to Ceyhan pipeline sabotaged.

18.39 Washington. BUSH: NO FIXED DATE TO WITHDRAW TROOPS.

18.20 Amara. BRITISH PATROL ATTACKED IN AMARA, 3 CIVILIANS WOUNDED. Grenade thrown a vehicle.

17.04 Washington. IRAQ: UN DRAFT: LIMITED SOVEREIGNTY OVER PETROLEUM. US says there's risk of corruption. [Whaa?]

16.36 Berlin. GERMANY SAYS UN DRAFT PROMISES TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN JUNE 2005. Gunter Pleuger, German Ambassador to the UN not happy.

16.17 New York. UN UK-US PRESENT RESOLUTION in desperate attempt to avoid wipe-out

15.42 London. BLAIR SPOKESMAN: NEW PHASE WITH UN COOPERATION ASAP [Tony, is that your conscience or your poll numbers?]

14.17 Baghdad. BRITISH KILLED BY RPG IN BAGHDAD. RPG launched at vehicle

13.43 Baghdad. OCCUPATION. 5,500 KILLED in the Baghdad area since start of occupation

13.18 Baghdad. 1,000 INSURGENTS KILLED SINCE 1 APRIL 2004.

12.35 Baghdad. 4 DIE IN SUICIDE CAR BOMBING near CPA headquarters

12.00 Baghdad. EXPLOSION OUTSIDE GREEN ZONE Car bomb explodes 500 meters from checkpoint.

11.50 Mosul. FOUR MOVIE THEATRES BOMBED.

11.50 Baghdad. NIGHTTIME BATTLES IN SADR CITY, 18 IRAQIS KILLED.

11.15 Baghdad. ITALIAN HOSTAGES: SUNNI ULEMA SAYS RELEASE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY WERE ARMED WHEN CAUGHT.

11.05 Baghdad. THREE DEAD IN EXPLOSION. All civilians, including one child.

10.10 Manchester. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF SCIENTIST. Guardian reports scientist killed while interrogated by US

07.35 Falljuah. US SOLDIER KILLED NEAR CITY, SEVERAL OTHER WOUNDED

07.30 Baghdad. VIDEO SHOWS WEDDING PARTY ATTACKED BY THE US. Attack in Mogr el-Deeb shows broken musical instruments, dishes, decorations and survivors.

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