European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 30 20q7 stars and stripes pages dozens of gis iraqis wounded in suicide attack by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes fal Lujah Iraq dozens of iraqi and american soldiers were wounded or sickened wednesday morning in a Complex attack on the fal Lujah government Center iraqi police and army soldiers thwarted two suicide bombers driving trucks containing chlorine in an attempt at striking the facility in the heart of downtown Fallu Jah us military officials said the coordinated attack began at am near the compound with mortar fire followed by the two truck bombs and Small arms fire said Marine 1st it Barry Edwards a spokesman for us Marine regimental combat team 6 iraqi police fired on both of the trucks causing them to detonate near the Entrance of the com Pound according to a Multi nation Al Force West Public affairs news release several iraqi soldiers and us forces were wounded by shrapnel Edwards said dozens of others were treated for exposure to chlo Rine after complaining of symptoms such As difficulty breathing nausea skin irritation and vomit ing in All the wounded and those treated for exposure to chlorine included 53 iraqi soldiers four iraqi police 14 us service members and one civilian Edwards said the wounded and sick were treated at the 2nd iraqi army Bri Gades Aid station and a coalition medical facility the release stated wednesdays chlorine Gas at tack was the eighth launched since Jan 28 when a suicide bomber driving a dump truck filled with explosives and a chlo Rine tank struck a Quick reaction Force and iraqi police in ramada killing 16 people according to the associated press us military officials have linked the chlorine bomb attacks to the Al Aida in Iraq group and Are said to be relatively easy weapons for insurgents to make the response of the iraqi Security forces in fal Lujah on wednes Day is another indication of the Progress that is being made by the iraqi army and Iraq police Edwards said the alertness of the iraqi Security forces saved lives today the wednesday attack was the second Large scale assault in the area this week according to a rct6 news release on monday afternoon us soldiers in Karma next to fal Lujah repelled a coordinated attack on a coalition Post including two suicide truck bombs the Battle began when a Soldier from the 1st battalion 501st infantry regiment attached to 3rd battalion 509th infantry regiment fired at a water truck attempting to barrel into the compound the truck apparently packed with explosives detonated officials said immediately after the explosion some 30 insurgents fired at the compound using Small arms rocket propelled grenades and mortars the us troops returned fire with Small arms mortars and Artil Lery fired from Camp fal Lujah five minutes into the Battle the troops fired at a dump truck follow ing the same path As the previous suicide truck bomber causing it to also detonate us military officials said As Many As 15 insurgents were killed in the Battle eight us soldiers were wounded in the attack officials said one Soldier was evacuated to a us medical facility and the other seven were treated and returned to duty email Sandra Jontz at Alaa relatives carry a coffin of Mohammed Attya an Engineer killed by unknown gunmen in Baghdad during his funeral in the shiite holy City of Najaf Iraq on wednesday in Tal afar shirt militants and police reportedly went on a killing spree in sunni neighbourhoods to avenge recent truck bombings shiite militants police go on killing spree after bombings by Sinan Salaheddin the associated press Baghdad shiite militants and police enraged by massive truck bombings in Tal afar went on a revenge spree against sunni residents in the Northwestern town wednesday killing As Many As 60 people officials said the gunmen roamed sunni neighbourhoods in the City through the night shooting at residents and Homes according to police and a local sunni politician witnesses said relatives of the shiite victims in the truck bomb Ings broke into the sunni Homes and killed the men inside or dragged them out and shot them in the streets Ali Altal Afari a sunni Mem Ber of the local turkmen front party said the iraqi army had arrested 18 policemen accused of being involved after they were identified by the sunni families targeted but he said the attack ers included shiite militiamen he said More than 60 sunnis had been killed but a senior hos Pital official in Tal afar put the death toll at 45 and four wounded the Hospital official who spoke on condition of anonymity due to Security concerns said the Vic Tims were men Between the Ages of 15 and 60 and they were killed with a shot to the Back of the head police said earlier dozens of sunnis were killed or wounded but they had no precise figures and communications problems made it difficult to reach them for an update army troops later moved into the sunni areas to Stop the Vio Lence and a curfew was slapped on the entire town according to Wathis Alhamdan the Provin Send your bide we can ship and convert most models bring a Friend and receive off on each contract signed Usa Romance Ocean View Soo a treat wine open daily 1130 2300 Tel 0989261166 we have meal tickets available for Sale i Foster commissary Gate Cial police chief and his head of operations Brig Abdulkarim Aljubouri the situation is under control now Alhamdan said the local Tal afar police have been confined to their bases and police men from Mosul Are moving there to replace them Tal afar 260 Miles Northwest of Baghdad is in the province of Ninevah of which Mosul is the capital it is a mainly turkmen City with some 60 percent of its residents adhering to shiite islam and the rest mostly sunnis the violence came a Day after two truck bombs shattered markets in the City killing at least 63 people and wounding dozens in the second assault in four Days after tuesdays bombings suspected sunni insurgents tried to ambush ambulances carrying the injured out of the Northwestern City but were driven off by police gunfire iraqi authorities said duration of surge remains unclear Dubai United Arab emirates us commanders overseeing the us troop surge in Iraq wont know whether they can bring troop Levels Back Down until at least autumn the chief spokesman for the command said wednesday if us troops meet continued Success pacifying Baghdad top us commander Gen David Petraeus will want to sustain the momentum by keeping the five new army combat brigades ear marked for the capital in place maj Gen William c Caldwell said i think till be fall before Gen Petraeus can make a decision on whether he wants to bring Down his Force level Caldwell said in an interview with the associated press in Dubai from the associated press