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A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press.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 06, 2004

6 May 2004 Events in Iraq

15.20 Najaf. BATTLE RAGES IN NAJAF between Moqtada Sadr supporters and US troops.

14.56 Najaf. US FORCES SURROUND NORTHWEST NAJAF. Gunbattles in nearby Kufa.

14.34 Nassiriya. ITALIAN CONTINGENT ATTACKED near village of Sukash Suyoohk, 20 km from Nassiriya.

14.17 Dubai. US HOSTAGE SHOWN ON AL ARABIYA.

13.21 Baghdad. 10 AL SADR SUPPORTERS AND 1 US SOLDIER KILLED IN SADR CITY .

13.00 Baghdad. AL QAEDA CLAIMS REPONSIBILITY for carbombing in Baghdad.

12.28 Baghdad. NIGHTTIME ATTACK IN BAGHDAD. Two US soldiers killed and two wounded.

11.39 Baghdad. SECOND EXPLOSION HITS CIVILIAN CONVOY. Convoy of foreign civilians hit in central Baghdad, no report of victims

11.04 Baghdad. SECOND EXPLOSION NEAR GREEN ZONE Dense column of smoke observed

10.17 Baghdad. CARBOMBING IN BAGHDAD, DEATH TOLL MOUNTS. 23 killed including 2 US soldiers

08.25 Nassiriya. CARABINIERI ATTACKED IN NASSIRIYA.

08.05 Kirkuk. AGRICULTURE MINISTRY EMPLOYEE KASSASSINATED

06.50 Baquba. TWO BOMBS DESTROY PUK HEADQUARTERS.

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