European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 12007 stars and stripes pages eight Taliban reported killed As afghans fend off attack stars and stripes a fierce Battle Between afghan Security guards and Taliban fighters has left at least nine people dead in a Village in the afghan province of uru Zgan officials said Satur Day according to us and afghan officials More than 80 Taliban fighters attacked a compound near the Village manned by afghan Security guards in a six hour fire fight us military officials said the Security guards killed eight Taliban one of these purity guards was killed a later nato statement said five afghan Security troops had been killed in the fighting it was unclear saturday morning whether us or nato military forces helped the afghan forces but a us military state ment made no mention of direct american involvement in what was described As pitched fighting the afghan Security guards fought a courageous Battle against a significantly larger Taliban Force in Sarah us army maj Chris Belcher a combined joint task force82 spokesperson was quoted As say ing in the statement afghan National Security forces have again demonstrated their commitment to bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan while Taliban fighters continue to bring death and destruction the statement said this cowardly attack conducted by the Taliban is another attempt to terrorize afghan civilians no civilians were Hurt in the attack according to the statement a us Soldier of company b 4th infantry regiment guards a Street during foot patrol near Bay Lough Forward operating base in Afghanistan Yabui province on saturday Rafiq announcing the opening of our new banking Center at Camp Darby in Italy Mem our grand opening is the Ideal time to introduce affordable and convenient products and services to the servicemen and women who serve our country and help ensure our Freedom services such As free checking with online banking Low interest Loans savings accounts and convenient currency Exchange we invite you to visit our Camp Darby Hanking Center and experience the benefits of banking with Community Bank ban of America us denies strike by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes american military officials have rejected Media reports that the us military was involved in an airstrike in Sadr City Early Fri Day the airstrike was reported to have killed a number of civilians in a tersely worded statement released saturday morning the us military command in Bagh dad said despite reports from individuals and some Media organizations coalition forces were not involved in airstrikes Over Sadr City on Friday initial reports of the supposed strike apparently came from the iraqi ministry of the Interior and iraqi television news outlets according to the states on sorted iraqi a to the airstrike allegedly killed 16 civilians in a Vil Lage in the Sadr City area of Bagh dad the strike the reports claimed took place around 2 am Friday other news outlets including can arabic reported that officials in the Interior ministry con firmed the attack saying that those killed were local civilian guards who provide Security in the area the us military has embarked on a wide ranging Campaign in the districts of Baghdad to increase their Security pres ence and establish More posts in downtown areas they have teamed with iraqi police and sol Diers to create dozens of new combat outposts in areas where there previously was a limited military presence the surge of us troops involves bringing More than 20000 additional troops into Baghdad email Joseph Giordono at
