European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes sunday april 82007 kurd Leader us forces took wrong iranians the associated press Baghdad us forces who captured five iranians in Erbil Iraq three months ago were really after commanders of Iran revolutionary guards who were visit ing kurdish officials Massoud Barzani president of the kurdish autonomous Region in Northern Iraq told Ala Abiyah television that the iranian com Manders first visited iraqi presi Dent Jalal Talaban in Sulaim Aniyah and then went to visit him Barzani did not say How he knew us forces were trying to capture the commanders or where they were when the americans raided a House in Erbil on Jan 11 and detained the five iranians who still Are in us custody Washington has said the five captured iranians were rounded up on suspicion they were provid ing Aid to shiite militia fighters who Are targeting us and iraqi troops and civilians they did not come to detain the people in that office there was an iranian delegation including revolutionary guards com Manders and they came As guests of the president he was in Sulaim Aniyah they came to Sulaim Aniyah and then i received a Call from the presidents office telling me that they wanted to meet me As Well their meetings with the president and myself were reported on television the americans came to detain this delegation not the people in the office he said they came to the wrong place at the wrong time Iraq says British raid violated its sovereignty British led raid on a police intelligence Headquarters in Iraq last month ignored or Ders of an iraqi judge violated Iraq sovereignty and violated a in Security Council Resolution the government said on Friday the report of an investigation into the raid said the commander of the multinational forces should officially apologize to the iraqi people the residents of Basra and the Interior ministry of March 4 British forces raided the National iraqi intelligence Agency building in Basra and said they had captured an alleged death squad Leader and found 30 prisoners with signs of torture kurdish Leader warns Turkey not to intervene Baghdad Turkey must not interfere in the kurd bid to attach Kirkuk to the kurdish Semi autonomous zone the top official in iraqi Kurdistan said in re Marks broadcast saturday otherwise kurdish Leader Mas Soud Barzani said Iraq kurd will retaliate by intervening in turkeys predominantly kurdish Southeast where insurgents have battled for decades to establish Theu own autonomy the warning came after Iraq last week endorsed a decision to re locate and compensate thousands of arabs who moved to the City As part of Saddam Hussein Campaign to push out the kurd from the associated press 7 die in alleged Taliban ambush by raffle Haffiz the associated press Kabul Afghanistan suspected Taliban militants am bushed afghans working for a us landmine Clearing company in Afghanistan on saturday Leav ing seven people dead and four others wounded an official said the de miners and their guards working for Ronco consulting corp a us based company were ambushed in a populated area in Western Farah province As their two vehicle Convoy was travelling from Kandahar to the Western province of Herat said Mohammad Anwar spokesman for sarahs police chief six of those killed worked for Ronco one was a woman caught in the crossfire Between militants and armed guards working for the company he said two of those wounded also worked for the company and two others were women caught in the clash All the victims were afghan and it was not immediately Clear How Many of those killed were guards and How Many were dem Iners Anwar said meanwhile in Zabul province coalition troops clashed with suspected Taliban militants near Kalat on saturday and called an airstrike leaving five militants dead the coalition said in a state ment Natoley troops used helicopters armoured vehicles and infantry in their push toward the town of Sangin in Helmand province the worlds biggest opium product ing Region natos International Security assistance Force said in a statement late Friday military troops have Success fully engaged several Taliban extremist strongholds and discovered a number of Large weapon caches the statement said the operation to retake Sangin from militants started late wednesday and is part of opera Tion Achilles natos larg Estever offensive in Afghanistan launched last month to flush out Taliban a militants from the North Ern tip of Helmand province and open the Way for  Lar repair work on a dam in Kaja i District that would Supply the country South with electricity there was very heavy fighting Between foreign forces afghan forces and Taliban in Sangin two nights ago Sangin resident Hoji Akhtar Mohammad said saturday about 4500 nato and 1000 afghan forces Are in and around Helmand province As part of operation Achilles afghan patrols raise gis by Denis d Gray the associated press Bay Lough bowl Afghani Stan rarely do the insurgents take on us troops who Are few but the Bay Lough bowl but the Taliban Are always watching and waiting there probably looking at us right now from one of those peaks says Abdul Farid an afghan interpreter and radio Moni Tor leaving Forward operating base Bay Lough with one of the Al mos daily patrols first it Jason Cunningham who has logged about 185 Tortu is in the bowl knows were up fwre99 staff sgt Lukas Hearn left a us Soldier with company b 4th infantry regiment patrols Bay Lough Village in Zabul province Afghanistan in Early april Rafiq three months says being on the ground facet face with villagers establishes authority Hope fully keeps some Taliban at Bay and enables troops to take the pulse of the locals dispensing doses of Aid to win converts to their cause its very possible that five had Tea with the Taliban says Cunningham who commands 50 us army soldiers tasked with pacify ing the far Flung bowl where loyalties of villagers Are question Able and at times violence erupts at one Stop the soldiers and a group of afghan police inspect a Roadside bomb a mortar round attached to a trip wire detected among rocks at the base of a pole flying a National Flag the next Day the unit a Pla Toon of company b 1st battalion 4th infantry regiment launches a nine mile patrol which eight hours later leaves the soldiers legs weak and rubbery during visits to two powerful local figures who like others in Afghanistan make their accommodations with All sides cunning Ham is almost certain he mixed with Taliban fighters but never Felt threatened on the patrols return six sol Diers Are ordered to set up an observation Post up a Cliffside littered with boulders at an Eleva Tion of 9000 feet everybody in the bowl knows were up Here says staff sgt Lukas Hearn of Moore okla moments after his team begins to scan a vast is degree Panorama through sniper Rifle Scopes and binoculars sometimes the dressed in Black carrying ak47s 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