European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 17 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 Roadside bomb kills 4 us soldiers in Iraq by Sinan Salaheddin the associated press Baghdad a Roadside bomb exploded thursday in Eastern Baghdad killing four us soldiers and wounding two oth ers the us military said the attack began when one bomb went off As a us unit was returning from a search operation in the mostly shiite area the military said moments later a second bomb exploded killing and wounding the soldiers a demolition team that searched the site after the attack found an explosively formed projectile a Type of High tech bomb which the us military believes comes from Iran the device was detonated by the team earlier thursday in Baghdad a suicide car bomber apparently targeting a senior City official struck an iraqi military Check Point in a shiite neighbourhood killing at least eight people officials said another bomber slammed his expo Sive packed car into an army checkpoint in a volatile sunni District in Western Bagh dad killing two people and wounding two the Baghdad blasts came a Day after the us military said stopping car bombings had become the main focus of a major Secu Rity sweep to halt the sectarian violence in the capital Sarradah a major commercial District has been hit by bombings several times in recent months including a suicide car bombings on Jan 25 that killed 30 peo ple in the City of Iskandar Yah 30 Miles South of Baghdad a bomb in a parked car exploded As a bus packed with workers passed by killing at least four and wound ing 24 police said a us Soldier was killed wednesday in fighting in Anbar province a sunni insurgent stronghold West of Baghdad the Mili tary said a Marine assigned to Multi National Force West also died the same Day in Anbar in a noncombat related incident that is under investigation the military said separately Samir an iraqi Soldier secures the area of Kahramanan Square after a car bombing in Central Baghdad on thursday a suicide car bomber apparently targeted a Convoy carrying the head of the City Council Sabir alls Sawi at least eight people were killed iraqi soldiers learn to be sharpshooters by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes Camp Habb Aniyah Iraq the concept that every Soldier is a Rifleman first has become reality for Amir Kadum an administrative clerk in the iraqi army 1st infantry division i like this idea that As Long Asim a Soldier in the military every Soldier should know How to shoot How to aim said Kadum 23 a student at the us Marine corps led iraqi Small arms instructor training course at Camp Habb Aniyah his Job keeps him sitting behind a desk not on the front lines but 13 Days of instruction is supposed to make him proficient enough to return to his unit and teach other iraqi soldiers marksmanship on three types of weapons the ak47 the longer barrelled rpm and the pm machine gun theres no shortage in this country of peo ple who own weapons but having one Doest mean they know How to use one said chief warrant officer 5 Terry Walker accurate shooting is a Learned skill not in Nate they just need to be taught he said none of the iraqi troops for example knew How to Zero a weapon or align the sights said sgt Christopher Woodard because so few of the iraqis have had proper weapons training marines Arent wasting time unlearning bad habits said staff sgt Dallas Miller 28 its not hard to get them going in the right direction he said Kasson Hamid Rasheedy Grandfather taught him How to shoot or so the Hab ban Yah policeman thought now Ive Learned How to handle weapons and to teach others and give advice the As Piring police sniper said through a translator the course teaches soldiers and police alike for iraqi police being pistol proficient alone int enough Walker said once properly taught the soldiers and iraqi police Are proving rather skillful in Sandra and stripes us Marine staff sgt Douglas Bisson counts the number of times iraqi Soldier Amir Kadum hit the Center mass and head Region on a target praising the 23yearold iraqi soldiers proficiency Struc tors said at target practice students can earn a maximum of 500 Points shooting at Chest and head areas on the paper target they average scores of 470 to 480 said staff sgt Douglas Bisson the iraqis receive the same Marksman ship training As marines the approach How Ever has been altered the tactic of having Drill instructors scream at and belittle stateside recruits for example backfires on iraqis they shut Down or quit iraqi recruits Are emotional and dont like disappointing those in command marines said instructors have Learned to use positive reinforcement pulling aside students to Point out mistakes and avoid embarrassing them in front of their Peers mistakes Arent often repeated marines said to think iraqi soldiers and police could mimic forces that make up the us military is shortsighted and foolish said Walker cultural differences for starters present a Barrier iraqis Arent keen on physical fit Ness for example and dont physically train  never take a Hill carrying a 50pound Backpack for this War they dont have to said Walker 50 they just have to be better than the insurgents he said in addition to the instructor course the marines teach the fou Day marksmanship por Tion of the iraqi run Basic combat training program a five week Boot Cam style pro Gram for iraqi army recruits simultaneously held at Camp Habb Aniyah the Boot Camp Doest have the extras us military personnel get such As lessons on policies against sexual harassment equal Opportunity regulations or even land navigation skills they need to know that that building right in front of them is the one there going to take Walker said email Sandra Jontz at vet accused of smuggling ak47s used in Bank heists by Ruben Castaneda the Washington Post Washington a Soldier who served near Baghdad has been charged with Selling High powered assault weapons he is alleged to have smuggled out of Iraq firearms that investigators think were used in a series of com Mand style Bank robberies in the Washington area authorities said Leonard s Lockley 26 of Bowie my was arrested tuesday on charges of receiving possess ing and Selling machine guns that Maryland us attorney Rod Rosenstein said he secretly took out of Iraq when he was deployed there the criminal complaint against Lockley was filed monday and unsealed wednesday investigators think the four Sault weapons Lockley is charged with Selling were used by a gang of robbers at six Banks in the District of Columbia and suburban Maryland in 2004 the six crimes carried out with precise timing netted about two people Are serving prison sentences in connection with the offences according to a sworn affidavit by Katherine Benedict an agent with the Bureau of alcohol Tobac co firearms and explosives lock Ley was deployed near Baghdad in october 2003 at that time the affidavit states a witness saw Lockley putting the components of four ak47style rifles into a Large Black Metal Chest containing a false Bottom Lockley told the wit Ness he was using the Chest to Send the weapons Back to the United states the document states Lockley returned to the United states in february 2004 the next month he met with one of the Bank robbers in Hyattsville and agreed to sell him the weapons for each prosecutors said