European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes monday april 2 2007 refugees protested recent sectarian violence in to afar on thursday a Day after Shute Mili Tants and police went on a shooting rampage against sunnis in the City killing As Many As 70 men exec Tio style the killings were Trig gered by twin truck bombings there the previous Day that sources now say killed at least 152 people and wounded 185 Alaa Tal afar attack toll at 152 by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes with Relief efforts under Way the iraqi government has raised the death toll in last weeks Tal afar truck bombing to 152 More than doubling initial reports of the attack that said 48 people died ministry spokesman Brig Abdulkarim Khalaf said the number nearly doubled from pre Vious estimates after More bodies were pulled from the rubble the bombing also wounded nearly 350 other people in a poor shiite District of the City setting off reprisal attacks by shiite police and militiamen that killed an other 47 people in the Days after Ward iraqi officials said the massive truck bomb caused some shiite policemen to be motivated emotions when they saw their parents and Sib Lings get killed but this is riot acceptable Khalaf told the new York times on saturday according to Khalaf at least 16 police and two civilians have been arrested in connection with the reprisal attacks meanwhile us and iraqi troops continued their efforts to Aid victims of the bombings the bomb destroyed nearly 100 houses and shops in the neighbourhood us military officials said iraqi officials estimated that the bomb included some two tons of explosives if the higher death toll is accurate it would be the worst sin Gle attack since the War began iraqi official said the bomb was Bidden in a truck purportedly delivering sugar us military officials on Sun Day said that several of the Vic Tims were medically evacuated to a combat support Hospital on for Ward operating base Marez East in Mosul our hearts Sank when we saw the children maj Lillian Cardona the nurse manager at the 28th combat support Hospital was quoted As saying in a news re lease that release put the casualty figures at 83 dead and 191 wounded the disparity in casualty counts is common in Iraq iraqi officials said the higher death toll reflected victims who died later of their wounds and victims whose families did not take them to official morgues among other factors according to the us military medical teams were Able to save 16 of the 17 victims brought to the Hospital at least six others were flown to a larger military Hospital i Balad the fledgling iraqi air Force flew in Relief supplies aboard a c130 officials said and us civil affairs teams Are working to fun Nel the Aid to the areas most affected by the bombing president Bush had previously cited Tal afar in speeches As an example of us successes in Iraq in the months since some Mili tary officials have said the sin gling out of Tal afar had made it even More of a target for insurgents the associated press contributed to this report email Joseph Giordono at outgoing Diplomat afghan Economy needs most work stars and stripes in a Farewell conference the outgoing us ambassador in Afghanistan told us military officials in the country that the most important issues there Are health care reconstruction and the Economy military officials said Sun Day that Ronald Neumann met with combined joint task force82 leaders to discuss strategies and wrap up his 18 months in Afghanistan we have to go Forward it will be a real struggle to con stantly change operations to meet the threat of the Day Neu Mann was quoted As telling the military leaders Neumann also called on the afghan government to build an Neumann Independent National Mone tary Reserve so the country is not completely dependent on foreign Aid to keep running among other problems Neu Mann identified the training of the afghan police is three years behind the afghan army the Taliban continues to regroup mount attacks and intimidate civilians and corruption in the government must be rooted out there has been a Bazaar morality because for 30 years Treyve had to take what they could get to survive Neumann was quoted As saying until the afghan people believe in the government to take personal risks and sacrifice for it corruption will continue in the saturday meeting Neu Mann was presented with a de parting gift by army maj Gen David Rodriguez the cjtf82 commander As a military Man i can re Spect it when you leave a place better than when you found it we All have a lot of respect for the Job youve done Here Rodriguez said soldiers rape murder trial delayed Nashville term the trial of a Soldier accused in the rape and killing of an iraqi teenager and the slaying of her family has been delayed after new information surfaced in the Case the soldiers attorney said pfc Jesse v Spielman is the last of four 101st airborne sol Diers from fort Campbell to face trial in the March 2006 attack on the family in their Home near a military checkpoint in Mah Moud Yah his trial was to begin monday attorney Dan Christensen said a military judge approved the delay late Friday night after attorneys argued they needed More time to review the new information the government disclosed a Bunch of information in the Lith hour he said a Public affairs officer at fort Campbell master sgt Terry web Ster confirmed the delay As a matter of protocol Mili tary prosecutors will not discuss the Case a new trial Date was set for july 23 Christensen and Webster said from the associated press