Friday, June 19, 2009

Iraq Declares June 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) and Iraq bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has declared the 'blessed day' of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, a one-off public holiday in celebration of the upcoming partial US withdrawal (from Iraqi cities and towns).