European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and s tripes saturday March 172007 Dod attacks on troops hit highest Levels report statistics on us coalition forces predate latest strategy in Iraq officials say by Jeff Schogol and Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington Vaas of Early february average weekly attacks against us and coalition troops reached their highest Levels the most recent defense department report on Progress in Iraq says the defense department re leased the quarterly report wednesday afternoon for the first time defense officials did not Brief reporters on the quarterly re port asked about the Lack of a Brief ing a defense official downplayed the reports significance saying the data in the report predates the new Iraq strategy even though some data in the report is from february so the correlation Between our efforts now and that data is Proba Bly not of great value the official said the report says attacks against coalition and iraqi forces from october to december 2006 were the highest for any three month period since 2003 from Jan 1 to feb 9 2007 weekly attacks against us and coalition forces reached 756 up from 608 from May 20 to dec 31 2006 the report says average daily casualties for us and other coalition forces remained steady at 22 during the same time periods the report says As for the Security situation As a whole the report says that the term civil War does not fully de scribe the turmoil in Iraq but ele ments of a civil War do exist in Iraq including hardening of total attacks by province nov 112006 feb 92007 these four provinces Nave approximately 37 percent of the population but account for 80 percent of attacks population weighted map source Munci Ethan sectarian identities and to the changing character of the violence and population Dis placements also in the report As of feb 19 2007 about 328700 iraqi Security forces had been trained however the Day today num Ber of iraqis in uniform is consider Able lower the actual number of soldiers present for duty is actually on half to two thirds of the total due to scheduled leave absence without leave and attrition the report said As of february 2007 there were 112 iraqi army combat Battal ions with 103 of those conducting operations at varying Levels of capability and 93 in the Lead Dur ing counterinsurgency operations another 27 National police stars and stripes battalions Are operational with six in the Lead although what constitutes in the Lead was not defined in the report the report said that Iraq civil Security Force of 188300 which include the National police iraqi police service and the Bor Der police and Are under control of Iraq ministry of the Interior is now being expanded in size to 194800 about 20 percent of the civil Security Force is lost to attrition every year the report said 100 percent of All authorized vehicle weapons and other equipment have been delivered to iraqi police in Baghdad and nine other key cities Over All the iraqi police service has received about 83 percent of its a after childrens death us offers apology and payment by Jason Straziuso the associated press Chinar Afghanistan the american colonel bowed his head at the fresh dirt Graves of three Young boys marked by brightly coloured martyrs flags wednesday then he sat Down next to the boys fathers expressed his condolences and handed them an envelope full of Cash it col Brian Mennes commander of a paratrooper regiment in the 82nd airborne division said his visit to a simple mud Brick Home was a sign of re Spect and an attempt to mend relations after the boys were mistakenly killed during the latest nato offensive i doubt Many countries in the world particularly that have been righting Here go to these lengths to show the people were sorry when bad things Hap pen even in very Complex situations when you have the enemy fighting among the people he said i doubt the soviets did this he added referring to fighting during the soviet unions occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s the display of sorrow and part of a Campaign to Calm afghan anger Over civil Ian deaths while the us made payments after a military truck crash last May set off rioting in Kabul such restitution for deaths of civilians from combat is rarely publicized the three youngsters were killed by an airstrike saturday Mennes said his unit the 1st battalion 508th Para Chute infantry regiment launched an attack after Rafiq a us Soldier of 82nd airborne patrols As afghan children ask for Candy in Kandahar province in South Ern Afghanistan on wednesday intelligence indicated Taliban fighters had Gath ered civilian deaths have been a growing problem Dur ing the us and nato fight against a resurgent Tali ban president Hamid Karzai has repeatedly pleaded with Western forces to avoid harming innocent afghans fearing deaths will turn people against the International Effort and Breed vengeance among aggrieved tribal families Mennes said it was possible the three boys killed saturday were used As human Shields it want known whether any Taliban fighters died in the air strike and he declined to share More details citing military Security average weekly attacks 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 april 12004feb 92007 t f so attacks targeting iraqi civilians attacks targeting iraqi Security forces attacks targeting coalition forces source Munci theorized critical equipment with 100 percent of its allotment this summer however due to the ministry of interiors immature equipment accountability system there Are no reliable figures for How much of this equipment remains in service the ministry also lacks a person Nel accountability system and thus it is unknown How Many of the More than 306000 employees on the ministry payroll Are present for duty on a Given Day the report said Sta Sand stripes coalition officials believe that less than 70 percent of those employees Are on present for duty at any Given time the us 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