European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes wednesday Marcur 21 2007 afghan teen Dies in attack on us Convoy by Fisnik Abrashid the associate press Kabul Afghanistan a suicide car bomber attacked a three vehicle us embassy Convoy on a notoriously dangerous Road in the afghan capital on monday kill ing an afghan teenager and wounding five embassy Security personnel officials said the blast propelled one of the armoured sums across the Road which is often the site of bombings and rocket attacks the two other vehicles also were damaged and flames shot through the wreckage of the suicide car bomb a 15yearold afghan on the Side of the Road was killed said Hasib Allan the District police chief five us embassy Security personnel were injured one seriously said col Tom Collins the spokesman for natos inter National Security assistance Force the us ambassador Ronald Neumann was not in the Convoy said embassy spokes Man Joe Mellott a Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said in a phone Call to the associated press that a Taliban militant from Khost province carried out the attack the explosion witnessed by an associated press reporter travelling behind the con Voy occurred about two Miles from the embassy on the Road that leads to the us base at Bagram and the town of Jala Labad to the East fifty us embassy Security teams initially prevented afghan police nato sol Diers and journalists from getting close to the vehicles when i reached the bomb site i told them i am the chief of District no 9 it is my duty to investigate let me go said Arian but they didst listen they pushed me they humiliated me Dod frames fight on youtube by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington the popular video sharing web site youtube has Doz ens of unauthorized clips of soldiers in Iraq some conducting missions some Jok ing around during downtime some of troops being ambushed by insurgents now coalition officials have started posting authorized clips too in an Effort to offer their look at the fight overseas earlier this month officials with multinational Force Iraq debuted six Vid eos of troops battling insurgents in Iraq including a firelight on Haifa Street foot age from unmanned drones targeting antiaircraft guns and the discovery of a bomb factory during operation Exellen m officials have released three More since then inking the whole group through their main web site and encouraging bloggers to share or Host the clips with their readers we Are trying to reach audiences that get their news in new and different ways said it col Chris Garver director of the combined press information Center we want to present unfiltered images to these audiences to provide More context to what is happening on the ground in Iraq the videos Are the latest move by the of fice to offer information beyond main Stream news reports and Basic press re leases last year officials contacted numerous bloggers to encourage them to directly link to the Menfi site the online staff also provides Access for online writers to additional news reports by military writ ers As Well As regular feeds of press re leases and alerts normally made available to major Media outlets Erick Barnes webmaster for the Menfi site said he Hopes bloggers embrace the new video offerings we want our clips to help Tell the whole Story about what is happening on the ground in Iraq and bloggers provide a unique outlet for sending that Story to a unique audience he said there Are in creasing numbers of people every Day receiving their news and information in new and exciting ways we want to be a part of that the Effort also takes advantage of a new youtube service that lets posters create their own online Channel giving Menfi a footprint on the popular web site officials said that will help viewers of one video More easily find the others Treyve posted Garver said All of the clips posted so far come from Public affairs outlets and Pentagon Channel reporters but servicemen Bers can submit their own footage for consideration through the main site com or by emailing it to Mil clips with profanity sexual Content graphic or disturbing images jokes about iraqi Security forces or iraqis and clips that May violate operational Security will not be considered we ensure clips present the proper image that the clips give viewers around the world a boots on the ground perspective of operation iraqi Freedom from those who Are fighting it Garver said email Leo Shane at s u r so i 5 u i Hsrry bios Soro x v j rap Rikl to he v jd900 toi600for visitors open base f activities japanese Tea ceremony Jln Kosanko Park food garnes3tr entertainment it j 1 Call 2434731 or visit Yokosuka City is Kimono dancers find the Ems of band bring the family to enjoy the festival and tradition nation friends
