European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 21 2007 stars and stripes pages series of blasts hit Baghdad and Kirkuk mosque bombing 4 other attacks in Northern City kill at least 26 by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad bombs Tore through a shiite mosque during prayers in Baghdad killing eight people and struck several tar gets in the Oil Rich City of Kirkuk killing at least another 18 people monday As sunni insurgents pressed their Campaign on the fourth anniversary of the Start of the War the latest attacks highlighted the challenges facing us and iraqi forces in their bid to curb sectarian bloodshed with the Mont hold Security crackdown execution style killings usually blamed on shiite militias have fallen dramatically but bomb Ings the hallmark of the sunni insurgency have not kept Pace in the downward trend mondays violence in Baghdad began shortly after the afternoon Call to prayer in a Small Green domed mosque in the Shor a Market area Salah Baqir a 42yearold Ven Dor at the Market who saw the at tack said the bomber slipped past the guards who were distracted by an argument and placed the explosives in a bag be Hind a lectern the blast left a Crater and a pile of rubble on the floor at least 31 other people were wounded police said Gheith Jassim the 32yearold owner of a textile shop near the mosque said he rushed to the mosque in a panic because he feared his brother was praying there the brother had skipped prayers but Jassim found a scene of carnage when i arrived i saw several wounded people being taken by smoke rises at the scene of a car bombing monday in Kirkuk Iraq four blasts rocked Kirkuk in a 35minute period in different parts of town killing at least 12 people and wounding More than 30 ambulances they were scream ing from fear and wounds there were bloodstains on the Wall and some carpets were burned he said in a Telephone interview Jassim said worshippers were cursing sunni extremists at least 18 people were killed and More than 50 wounded in a series of bombings in Kirkuk the most devastating attacks occurred when two parked car bombs exploded within 10 min utes starting at pm in a Southern part of the City four teen civilians and four policemen were killed and 40 were wounded police said the Region is Home mainly to american tax service we guarantee satisfaction with our american licensed tax professionals Best services As formerly Block franchisee Uso Korea concessionaire prepare Federal All states tax return irs audit tax delinquency irs certified need for your spouse visa year round service 30 years experience reasonable rates warranty worldwide organization 2003 the outstanding supporter of enrolled agents award from Naea american tax attorney serving As Legal counsel associate fax Call 4 email Homepage  Osan since 1970 a tax Park the tax professionals co Box 3888 Seoul Korea 100638 location Nam do bldg across unc Yon san on fourth anniversary of invasion Bush urges americans to be patient Page 9 ethnic turks the office of the Sec ular iraqi list party of former prime minister Ayad Allawin and the educational directorate Are in the same District about a half mile apart machine made turkish carpets Large selection 114x8 10 x7j 8 x5 10runner at Osan a mar 5 apr 6 ire provincial gov Abdulrahman Mustafa accused insurgents of trying to destabilize the area by provoking hostilities among the varied ethnic and religious groups in the mixed Community the City which kurd Hope to incorporate into their autonomous zone is also the Center of an ethnic Power struggle in All at least 55 iraqis were killed or found dead in Iraq including the mayor of a Small Shi Ite Village Southeast of Baghdad and 29 Bullet riddled bodies that turned up in the capital also late monday government officials said they have asked us authorities for custody of Saddam Hussein former Deputy to hang him at Daw tuesday sunni official angered by Security raid the associated press Baghdad iraqi Security forces raided the Home of a prominent sunni lawmaker earlier this month seizing four vehicles and weapons and detaining seven suspects an iraqi military spokes Man said sunday the legislator Dhafer Alani said he was robbed by Security forces and his personal guards had been tortured in detention Alani a frequent critic of the shiite led government is a Hartline member of the iraqi accordance front the largest sunni bloc in the 275member Parlia ment with 44 seats expert chlorine attacks will be hard to Stop the Hague Netherlands a chemical warfare expert said monday the chlorine Gas loaded weapons used in a series of at tacks by iraqi insurgents amount to chemical dirty bombs and will be hard to Stop however so far the insurgents appear Only to have Access to a rudimentary and inefficient method of spreading the Gas blowing it up in suicide bombings Jonathan Tucker a visiting Ful Bright fellow at the German Institute for International and Security affairs said there is Little that can be done to Stop the attacks be cause chlorine which is used for water purification across Iraq is so widely available they can try to limit Access to chlorine but Given the Black Market situation mat would be difficult to do he said in a Tele phone interview during a visit to the Hague Rice us should have sent More troops in 03 Secretary of state condole Ezza Rice on monday staunchly de fended going to War in but acknowledged the administration should have sent More troops initially to quell the civil strife follow ing the 2003 invasion asked on Cess the Early show to say what the administration could have done better she said that Early on officials might have looked to a More localized More decentralized approach to reconstruction and i do believe that the kind of counterinsurgency strategy in which Gen David Petrae us is now pursuing in which we have enough forces to Clear an area and hold it so that building and governance can emerge is the Best strategy and that Proba Bly was not pursued in the very beginning penalty phase of staff sergeants trial begins fort Campbell by a Soldier convicted of negligent homicide in the deaths of three iraqi detainees said monday he knew he made a mistake in lying about the killings staff sgt Ray Girouard gave a statement that was not questioned by prosecutors Girouard said he Hopes his 4yearold son Hunter would Tell the truth be cause of his experience theres a Fine line Between Loy Alty and truth Girouard said do what is right All the time Girouard 24 was found guilty late Friday of three counts of negligent homicide but not guilty of premeditated murder he avoided life in prison but still faces up to 21 years his sentencing hearing started monday morning from the associated press Rice