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A blog on the current crises in the Middle East and news accounts unpublished by the US press.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

Sunday, June 13, 2004

13 June 2004 Events in Iraq

16.05 Baghdad. AL IRAQIYA TV EMPLOYEES KILLED ALONG SYRIAN BORDER. The bodies of Abdel Karim al Haidary, reporter, and driver Jawad Qazem found today.

15.59 Baghdad. US SOLDIER KILLED, TWO WOUNDED NEAR BAGHDAD. Roadside bomb destroys vehicle while armed gunmen open fire in Taji, north of Baghdad.

13.44 Baghdad. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR MURDERED. A Geography professor is murdered as he leaves class.

12.35 Baghdad. CARBOMBING IN BAGHDAD; UNCERTAIN THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS. Numbers vary between 16, 12 or 7 victims.

12.04 Kirkuk. POLICE STATION IN KIRKUK ATTACKED. 1 DEAD, 8 WOUNDED. An Iraqi civilian in wounded in an attack on a police station in Orouba, near Kirkuk. Hazem Mohammed Amin, Kirkuk Police Commissioner, says attack took place at dawn by a gang of armed men.

11.42 Baghdad. TURKISH AND EGYPTIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED. Anonymous mediator announces news.

11.40 Doha. SAUDI ARABIA, AL JAZEERA AIRS VIDEO SHOWING EXECUTION OF AMERICAN. Qatar network Al Jazeera shows the 8 June execution of Robert Jacob, who the tape says is American Jew working as a spy for the US security firm Vinnell.

11.24 Baghdad. IRAQ: 1400 MORE IRAQI PRISONERS TO BE FREED OR TRANSFERED BY 30 JUNE. Barry Jonhson makes announcement, says between 4-5 thousand prisoners will remain in custody of the Coalition.

11.07 Baghdad. MOQTADA AL SADR TO CREATE POLITICAL PARTY FOR 2005 ELECTIONS.

10.55 Baghdad. CLASHES IN SADR CITY BETWEEN US AND SADR MILITIA. 6 Iraqis are dead after nighttime clashes.

10.22 Baghdad. CARBOMBING IN CAPITAL, 16 REPORTED KILLED. Incident took place in the Roshtaya quarter in the south of the city.

10.16 Baghdad. MORTAR FIRE DAMAGES PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. Mortar fire hit the Green Zone, damaging Saddam Hussein's Presidential Palace housing one thousand US personnel.

10.01 Baghdad. EDUCATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED. The Director of Cultural Relations in the Education Ministry, Kamal al Jarrah, was assassinated in Baghdad this morning.

09.45 16.05 Baghdad. AL IRAQIYA TV EMPLOYEES KILLED ALONG SYRIAN BORDER. The bodies of Abdel Karim al Haidary, reporter, and driver Jawad Qazem found today.

15.59 Baghdad. US SOLDIER KILLED, TWO WOUNDED NEAR BAGHDAD. Roadside bomb destroys vehicle while armed gunmen open fire in Taji, north of Baghdad.

13.44 Baghdad. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR MURDERED. A Geography professor is murdered as he leaves class.

12.35 Baghdad. CARBOMBING IN BAGHDAD; UNCERTAIN THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS. Numbers vary between 16, 12 or 7 victims.

12.04 Kirkuk. POLICE STATION IN KIRKUK ATTACKED. 1 DEAD, 8 WOUNDED. An Iraqi civilian in wounded in an attack on a police station in Orouba, near Kirkuk. Hazem Mohammed Amin, Kirkuk Police Commissioner, says attack took place at dawn by a gang of armed men.

11.42 Baghdad. TURKISH AND EGYPTIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED. Anonymous mediator announces news.

11.40 Doha. SAUDI ARABIA, AL JAZEERA AIRS VIDEO SHOWING EXECUTION OF AMERICAN. Qatar network Al Jazeera shows the 8 June execution of Robert Jacob, who the tape says is American Jew working as a spy for the US security firm Vinnell.

11.24 Baghdad. IRAQ: 1400 MORE IRAQI PRISONERS TO BE FREED OR TRANSFERED BY 30 JUNE. Barry Jonhson makes announcement, says between 4-5 thousand prisoners will remain in custody of the Coalition.

11.07 Baghdad. MOQTADA AL SADR TO CREATE POLITICAL PARTY FOR 2005 ELECTIONS.

10.55 Baghdad. CLASHES IN SADR CITY BETWEEN US AND SADR MILITIA. 6 Iraqis are dead after nighttime clashes.

10.22 Baghdad. CARBOMBING IN CAPITAL, 16 REPORTED KILLED. Incident took place in the Roshtaya quarter in the south of the city.

10.16 Baghdad. MORTAR FIRE DAMAGES PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. Mortar fire hit the Green Zone, damaging Saddam Hussein's Presidential Palace housing one thousand US personnel.

10.01 Baghdad. EDUCATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED. The Director of Cultural Relations in the Education Ministry, Kamal al Jarrah, was assassinated in Baghdad this morning.

09.45 Baghdad. CARBOMB KILLS 12 IRAQIS. A car explodes next to police vehicle.

09.08 Baquba. POLICE CHIEF ESCAPES ASSASSINATION but is wounded in attack.

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