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A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press.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

Saturday, May 08, 2004

8 May 2005 Events in Iraq

17:06 Ramadi. TRIBAL LEADERS DEMAND LIBERATION OF ABU GHRAIB PRISONERS. Tribal leaders of Al-Anbar Province demand that Paul Bremer liberate the prisoners.

16:45 Nassiriya. ITALIAN CARABINIERI ARREST ONE PERSON

16:00 Karbala. SHI'ITES OF KARBALA DECIDE TO RESIST USA Hamza al-Taai confirms US attack underway. They want to destroy us, but God willing, they will not be successful. We will defend Karabala with our lives.

14:36 Karbala. CENTER OF HOLY CITY SURROUNDED.

13:38 Karbala. POLISH SOLDIER IN KARBALA DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT, NOT COMBAT. Soldier dies in headon collision with truck.

13:15 Rome. ITALIAN VICE PREMIER FINI: ITALY NOT AWARE OF TORTURE.

11:40 Baghdad. VIOLENT EXPLOSION IN CAPITAL. In vicinity of Green Zone.

11:01 Basrah. 3 IRAQIS DEAD, 3 BRITISH SOLDIERS WOUNDED. Another 4 civilians wounded in shootout between British troops and locals.

09:51 Baquba. IRAQIS KILLED IN BOMBING NORTH OF BAGHDAD. A bomb targeting police official Muayyad Ayid killed 3 Iraqi and injured 4 in Habhab, near Baquba.

08:30 Amara. CLASHES IN AMARA. 3 killed and 10 wounded during clash with British troops.

08:00 Basrah. CLASHES IN BASRAH. Violent clashes between locals and British troops at dawn.

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