It ceased to be Friday on the Muslim calendar at sunset. They consider it to be Saturday there right now, even if we don't say it's Saturday there for another couple hours.
Iraqi TV has confirmed that SH is no longer in the hands of the US but has been turned over.
It ceased to be Friday on the Muslim calendar at sunset. They consider it to be Saturday there right now, even if we don't say it's Saturday there for another couple hours.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=27
Iraq is 8 hours ahead of us.
Sunrise at 7:05 AM in direction 118° East-southeast