European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 stars and stripes sunday april gunfire ruins a shopping trip every time soldiers Stop at Baghdad hardware store interrupted by drive by shooting by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad it was a Baghdad style shop Ping spree for sure acting 1st sgt Jose Moran had some Bucks to Burn on improvements for Alpha Compa nys commando a dark Saddam Era Bunker that troops from the 1st battalion 8th cavalry regiment converted into a combat outpost for the new Baghdad Secu Rity plan the underground labyrinth occupies a tattered Corner of new Baghdad and its Chambers have never seen the Light of Day the Bunker is so dark that soldiers who emerge from its tunnels Are quickly blinded by the Sun while those who enter the Complex find themselves stumbling in the gloom were going out for Moran told 2nd platoon soldiers wednesday were going to get some Light bulbs and Extension cords weve got to the 2nd brigade 1st cavalry division soldiers who currently Are attached to the 2nd infantry brigade combat team 2nd infantry division shrugged into their sweat stained body Armor pulled on then gloves and piled into their humvee the Convoy motored toward the Wel Todo neighbourhood of Baladi at and Moran began pricing coils of Extension Cord at several curb Side hardware stores the 39yearold san Juan puerto Rico native had just settled on a Price for two 100foot coils of Cord when things suddenly got interest ing the iraqi shopkeeper was just about to ring up the Purchase when a gun blast echoed Over the pavement a nearby window pane burst into the pattern of a spiders web get in the vehicles Moran yelled to the platoons interpreter it looked As if the shot was fired Monte and stripes acting 1st sgt Jose Moran 39 of san Juan puerto Rico shops for Light bulbs and Extension cords at an East Baghdad sidewalk store moments before a drive by shooting wednesday from a shiny new taxi cab a drive by the Convoy set off in search of the gunman now this is staff sgt Daniel Newsome said As his truck weaved in and out of traffic this makes my said the 27yearold Springfield native but after digging and tagging through the neighbourhood and Dou bling Back on the hardware shop several times it appeared the gun mans Trail had grown cold the soldiers went Back to shop Ping Moran directed the Convoy into an open air Market wedged be tween a mosque and a traffic police Bureau this is a Jam mar Moran said referring to the Jawish Al Mahdi or Mahdi army militia commando company sol Diers had visited the Market on previous occasions looking for 41 were going out for supplies were going to get some Light bulbs and Extension cords weve got to spend f f acting 1st sgt Jose Moran 1st battalion 8th cavalry regiment weapons and terror suspects this time shop owners eyed the soldiers warily As Moran priced Extension cords they want Way too Moran said after exiting the Market some one thought they spotted the gun mans taxi parked next to a fire Sta Tion soldiers swooped in on the vehicle searching it and the fire Sta Tion known Mahdi army hang out neither a gun nor a gunman was found by this time Moran had decided to bring the shopping expedition to an end the Light bulbs and Extension cords would have to wait ill go Back and get them another Moran said email Monte Morin at voted americans 1 Choice for Tep Panyak Steak on Okinawa our i uni four seasons 1 legion t Gate four seasons aware daily 11ooam1100pm 0989370029 full course n r j it four seasons accept dollars yen four seasons Urasoe daily 110oam1030pm 0988770429 visit four seasons Hamby and Shes Almaru Grill tool Tow spot Gate four season a Hamby Camp Foster 9261329 daily Toke nov so Ishimaru Grill 9362945 daily Shishi Juio closed Steak House Biu at Emu All set menus Are served with soup salad Coffee or Tea free from Kab Gate 2 free parking Okinawa City police pour seasons Pyramid Gate 2 Street Koza Plaza housing o Kab Gate 2 now Camp Foster four seasons Okinawa City Dally 1130am1030pm 0989261329
