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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, March 23, 2007

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes Friday March 23 2007 Adil iraqi police inspect a collapsed Highway overpass wednesday after they detonated a truck full of explosives after spotting it near the finance ministry building in Baghdad one civilian was killed in the blast iraqi bomb Plant is levelled 5 insurgents killed in fight the associated press Baghdad us troops killed five insurgents and destroyed a bomb making factory wednesday North of Baghdad and dozens More were detained after fierce clashes in a sunni dominated prov Ince West of the capital us and iraqi forces also launched an operation in the sunni stronghold of Ghazal Yah with House House searches aimed at arresting militants and seizing weapons caches in Western Baghdad As part of a neighbor Hoodoo neighbourhood Security sweep an iraqi army officer said the us military had no immedi ate comment on the report scattered violence killed at least 15 people among those reported killed wednesday was one civilian who accidentally died when iraqi police detonated a truck packed with explosives after spotting it parked about near the finance ministry building in Northern Baghdad the blast also injured at least 12 people including three ministry guards and caused the collapse of part of the main Highway linking Northern and Southern Baghdad police said Iraq sunni vice president Tariq a Hashemi meanwhile renewed Calls for tasks to be opened with insurgents in an attempt to bring peace but he excluded Al Aida in Iraq apart from Al Aida which he said was not very much willing in fact to talk to anybody All parties should be invited should be called to sit Down around the table to discuss their fears their reservations he told the bbl us opens combat outpost in Ghazal Yah the us military has opened a new combat outpost in the Western Baghdad District of Ghazal Yah further moving troops into the cites neighbourhoods officials said wednesday soldiers from the 887th Engi Neer support company 20th Engineer battalion 36th Engi Neer brigade and 2nd Battal Ion 12th cavalry regiment finished building the new outpost saturday officials said the outpost is named com Bat outpost thrasher and will be used by both us and iraqi forces from staff reports officer children used in Baghdad suicide bombing the associated press Baghdad police said wednesday that children were used in a weekend car bombing in which the Driver gained Permis Sion to Park in a Busy shopping area after he pointed out that he was leaving his children in the Back seat the account appeared to con firm one Given tuesday by a us general he said children were used in a sunday bombing in Northern Baghdad and labelled it a brutal new tactic put to use by insurgents to Battle a five Eskold Security crackdown in the capital maj Gen Michael Barbero Deputy director for regional operations on the joint staff said the vehicle used in the attack was waved through a us military checkpoint because two children were visible in the Back seat he said it was the first reported use of children in a car bombing in Baghdad children in the Back seat Low ered suspicion so we let it move through they parked the vehicle the adults run out and detonate it with the children in the Back Barbero told reporters i Wash in ton the brutality and Ruth less nature of this enemy Hast changed other us officials said later that three iraqi bystanders were killed in the attack near a Market place in the Northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Zamiyah be sides the two children and seven people were injured machine made turkish Large selection 114x8 10 x7f 8 x5 10runner at Osan a mar 5 apr 6 concessionaire us limits Helo airspace in Iraq restriction on military pilots is response to Early 07 shoot Downs stars and stripes the us military is countering a recent wave of iraqi insurgent at tacks on helicopters by limiting the airspace where us pilots can Fly Usa today reported wednes Day the enlargement of several nobly zones North of Baghdad marked As red circles on Avia Tion maps May be yielding re sults the paper reported enemy fire brought Down at least seven us military helicopters Between Jan 20 and feb 21 but there have been no reported shoot Downs since that period were through that rash of shoot Downs col at Ball com Mander of the army 25th com Bat aviation brigade told Usa today the measures we have taken in terms of adjustment to what we see the enemy doing on the ground have shown some effects the paper cited maj Rich Gor Don executive officer of the 2nd battalion 25th aviation regiment 25th combat aviation brigade As saying that pilots Are required to avoid the nobly zones while trans porting troops from base to base the brigade is made up of about 600 helicopter pilots who Fly in an area from Baghdad North to the turkish Border helicopters have been downed using a combination of automatic Rifle fire  at tacks and surface air missiles Ball told Usa today Ball told stars and stripes recently that any recent Success insurgents have had in attacking helicopters should not be overstated with 15 million hours of flight time in support of the american just a matter of time before the enemy realizes hey they used to come that Way now there coming this way11 chief warrant officer Bobby Remington uh60 Black Hawk Pilot Mission in Iraq the number of successful shoot Downs of Ameri can military aircraft Are very Low he said according to the Brookings institutions Iraq Index More than 52 american military helicopters have been lost since May 2003 with about half of those shot Down by enemy fire John Pike of Globa Securi Yorg a military information web site told stripes at the time of the last shoo Down that us forces should be concerned because of newer More modern and effective antiaircraft missiles but enlarging the nobly zones could push pilots into flying regularly in the same areas a Pat Tern insurgents could detect chief 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