European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sti Day april 1 2007 stars and stripes pages a Sadr denounces Calls for protest in Iraq by Bushra Judi the associated press Baghdad the Radical cleric Muntada a Sadr issued a scathing attack on the United states on Friday after one of the country bloodiest Days blaming washing ton for Iraq troubles and calling for a mass demonstration april 9 the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad As Alsa drs remarks were read in a mosque shiites in Baghdad loaded wooden coffins into vans and shovelled broken Glass and other debris into wheelbarrows in the aftermath of a double suicide bombing at a marketplace at least 181 people were killed or found dead thursday As sunni insurgents apparently stepped up their Campaign of bombings to de rail the seven Eskold Security sweep in Baghdad the military said Friday a Soldier was killed and another was wounded thursday during a patrol in Southern Baghdad Rais ing to at least the number of service members who have died since the War began in 2003 according to an a count violence has increasingly erupted outside the capital in re cent weeks As insurgent fighters take their fight to regions where and iraqi forces Are thinly deployed there is a race Between the government and the terrorists who Are trying to make people reach the level of said Sami alas Kari an aide to prime minister noun Almalik but the government is doing its Best to defeat terrorists and it definitely will not be affected by these the military and its Diplo Mats have voiced cautious optimism about the sweep that began feb 14 and emphasized that the full american surge Force would not be in place until june but sectarian tensions also were heightened last week by a devastating bombing followed by a shooting rampage by shiite Mili Tiamen and police seeking re Venge in Tal afar Alsa drs statement was his first since March 14 when he urged his supporters to resist forces in Iraq through peaceful Means a Sadr has been said by and iraqi officials to be in neighbouring Iran but his aides in Sist he is still in Iraq the latest statement was read to worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kufa a shiite holy City South of Baghdad where a Sadr frequently led the ritual i renew my Call for the occupy Taiyo Homes professional bilingual team can help you find he perfect foreigner Friendly place Taiyo Home Tel 0468250061 located just across route 16 email from the Yokosuka main Gate fax 046 8220561 14 Honcho Yokosuka open am pm Mon sat Well Cham u s de cars preowned cars Best prices around just a 2 minute walk from Katsugi main late 9497 cars up to to pass on base inspection land transportation office to service free of charge maintenance services cars scrapped for free for the Hest Deal Call or we John in Hija panese 15455 Ogami 2521 i04 id 0467 775427 fax 7754117 cell or the United states to leave our he said in the statement a copy of which was obtained by the associated press the de parture of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq Victory for islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and a Sadr whose Mahdi army militiamen fought troops in 2004 but have generally cooperated with an ongoing Security push in Baghdad blamed the presence of forces in Iraq for the rising violence Lack of services and sectarian blood shed you oppressed people of Iraq let the entire world hear your voice that you reject occupation destruction and he said in calling for the april 9 demonstration Fly iraqi flags atop Homes apartment buildings and govern ment departments to show the sovereignty and Independence of Iraq and that you reject the pres ence of american flags and those of other nations occupying our be loved Iraq keep them there until they leave our he said also on Friday coalition forces detained a suspect who the military said was linked to net works bringing sophisticated Roadside bombs into Iraq Jim Amanda Hart second from right blows a kiss to pc Abraham Rhode left on television screen after they were married via video connection wednesday Between the National guard armory in Inver Grove Heights and Tallis Iraq where Rhode is serving Hart who is pregnant is shown with her father Barry Grice and Friend Stacie Malecha officiating Center is chaplain it Joel Severson guardsman and Girlfriend tie knot Miles apart the associated press Inver Grove Heights Minn when it came time for a Minnesota National guardsman to kiss the Bride she was about Miles away but that didst matter wednes Day As pc Abraham Rhode and Amanda Hart used video teleconferencing to be joined As husband and wife when we said our vows that when we became Hart said after the Short ceremony it was pretty exciting Hart said Rhode was supposed to come Home from Iraq this month and help her plan their a gust wedding but when his deployment was extended and they Learned there was a baby on the Way they decided to Exchange vows Over a video connection with our unit being extended Over there a lot of people just decided they didst want to be sin Gle any longer regardless of How they have to do said Phil Stephan the video operations manager for the Minnesota National guard Rhode 25 is in Tallis Iraq with the 2nd combined arms Bat Talion 136th infantry general chlorine attacks 1st since Saddam was in Power by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes a of being an honorable resistance focused on driving put the he said speaking to reporters earlier Friday Marine Arlington a recent insurgent attacks maj Gen Walter Gaskin downplayed the physical in Iraq using chlorine Are the first Poison Gas at damage that the chemical bombs have produced tacks in the country since Saddam Hussein was in so far the chlorine attacks in Anbar have been mainly aimed at the or iraqi police rather than coalition forces said Gaskin commander of the ii Marine expeditionary Force what you have to understand is that the chlorine bombs have More of a psychological effect than they do a killing Gaskin said asked about Gaskins comments Marine maj Gen Walter Gaskin Barbero said Hes commander ii Marine expeditionary Force Forward Power maj Gen Michael Barbero told reporters Friday since Jan 28 insurgents have launched eight chlorine attacks in Iraq most recently two truck bombs carrying chlo Rine exploded on March 28 outside the fal Lujah government Center injuring 17 troops and 57 iraqis officials said a military spokes Man with multinational Force West said Friday that 14 of the troops had returned to duty three others were hospitalized but Are stable and expected to return to duty soon chlorine is widely used in both water and sew age treatment in Iraq i strongly believe this use of chlorine should not be dismissed merely As a new tactic or an emerging Barbero said thursday chlo Rine is a Poison Gas it is a Poison Gas being used on the iraqi Barbero blamed the chlorine attacks on Al Aida in Iraq and other sunni extremists he said the attacks come As retaliation against fellow sunnis in Anbar province to the growing backlash against Al Aida in Iraq the use of Poison Gas on innocent iraqi civil ians discredits All of the sunni extremist pro Pagan what you have to understand is that the chlorine bombs have More of a psychological effect than they do a killing effect talking about the effects in talking about this As a fridays news conference came one Day after Brig Walsh commander of the army corps of engineers Gulf Region division said he knew of no additional Steps being taken to secure chlorine supplies i didst hear what he said and in not sure that is his responsibility to secure that that would be the responsibility of the tactical Barbero said when asked about Walsh com ments Barbero said he had no specific information on actions being taken to keep chlorine supplies out of insurgents hands stars and stripes reporter Lisa Burgess contributed to this report email Jeff Schogol at
