European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 92007 stars and stripes pages Radical a Sadr urges iraqis not to work with us the associated press cleric Muntada a Sadr urged iraqi forces to Stop cooperating with Ameri Ca and told his guerrilla fighters to concentrate their attacks on us troops rather than iraqis according to a state men issued Sun Day you the iraqi army and police forces dont walk alongside the occupiers be cause they Are your Arch enemy the statement said my advice is that an Honor Able resistance fighter Only asks god for one of two things Victory or martyrdom the statement was distributed in the shiite holy City of Najaf on sunday a Day before a Large demonstration Mere called for by a Sadr to Mark the fourth an ii you Jive to be patient you have to protect and build Iraq Muntada a Sadr Niv Ersary of the fall of Baghdad it was stamped with Alsa drs official Seal but the statement3s authenticity could not be independently verified a Sadr also encouraged his followers to attack Only american forces not Fel Low iraqis god has or dered you to be patient in front of your enemy and unify your efforts against them not against the sons of Iraq the statement said in an apparent reference to clashes Between Alsa drs Mahdi army fighters and iraqi troops in i wan Yah South of Baghdad they want to pull you into a War in order to end Shi ism and even All of islam you have to be patient you have to protect and build Iraq he said alleged iraqi terrorist caught stars and stripes american troops have captured an alleged member of Al Aida in Iraq who is believed to be responsible for several devastating car bomb attacks in Baghdad officials said sunday the unnamed Man was Cap tured sunday morning during a raid in Baghdad officials said de scribing my As the gatekeeper to the Al Aida Emir of Baghdad two other men tied to car bomb attacks were arrested in the same raid a us military spokesman said this is a significant step in our efforts to disrupt the car bomb network and their devastating at tacks against the iraqi people it col Christopher Garver said High profile car bomb attacks have become one of the most de stabilizing factors in Baghdad the us military has made it one of its priorities to try to Stem the attacks officials have said sundays announcement comes on the heels of another operation targeting a car bomb network Leader according to military officials us troops killed a Man believed to be in charge of about 40 to 50 men who have manufactured and detonated car bombs in Southwest Baghdad three other suspected insurgents were captured in that raid 0621 800hightechcom 4 i Haidar iraqis stand around a Crater after a pickup truck loaded with artillery shells exploded on sunday in the iraqi town of Mahmud Yah at least 18 people were killed in the attack us announces deaths of 10 soldiers in Iraq by Saad Abdul Kadir the associated press Baghdad the us Mili tary announced the deaths of six soldiers on sunday including three who died in a Roadside bombing during a patrol South of Baghdad one Soldier also was wounded another Soldier died and three were wounded in a separate at tack South of the capital two More soldiers died sunday from wounds sustained in combat the military said one each in Diya la and Salahuddin provinces both North of Baghdad the us military also announced the deaths of four Ameri can soldiers killed a Day earlier in an explosion near their vehicle in Dyala province Northeast of Bagh dad the four us soldiers killed saturday were assigned to task Force lightning the us military said in a statement a fifth Soldier was wounded in the blast separately a pickup truck loaded with artillery shells exploded sunday near a Hospital South of Baghdad killing at least 18 peo the blast left a Crater 10 Yards wide the iraqi military said the province has seen a Spike in attacks on us and iraqi forces since the Start of a plan two months ago to pacify the capital officials believe militants have streamed out of Baghdad to invigorate the insurgency in areas just outside the City the bombing in Mahmud Yah involved a pickup truck parked next to the City general Hospital an iraqi army officer said he spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter other re ports said the explosion was a rocket attack at least 26 people were wounded he said the Hospital was slightly dam aged by flying debris and Shrap reel but shops and residential buildings bore More damage Mahmud Yah is 20 Miles South of Baghdad also sunday three mortars sailed into houses in Eastern Bagh dad sending six people to the hos Pital with breathing difficulties from a possible chemical agent police said doctors said the victims faces turned yellow and they were unable to open their eyes one Hospi Tal official said the chemical was chlorine and that the victims were expected to recover chlorine has been used in at least nine attacks in Iraq since january mostly in bombings by Al Aida in Iraq in Iran the state news Agency reported mat a spokesman for the country foreign ministry con firmed that Iran refused to allow iraqi prime minister Nouri Alma lims plane to Fly through iranian airspace but the spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the Dis Pute was Only a technical Issue for All flights there is a need for authorization for which formalities must have been done in Advance he was quoted As say ing members of the delegation trav Eling with Almalik told the associated press Early sunday that the plane was diverted to Dubai United Arab emirates where Almalik stayed in the Airport for More than three hours while his government aircraft was refuelled and a new flight plan was filed in the past two weeks us forces cleared two terrorist Safe havens and surrounding Palm Groves in Dyala killing More than 30 suspected militants Cap Turing 28 and seizing More than 15 weapons caches the military said in a statement us deaths in Iraq the associated press Rasof saturday at least 3270 members of the us military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003 according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military civilians at least 2634 died As a re sult of hostile action Accord ing to the military numbers the a count is 10 higher than the defense depart ments tall last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has re ported 140 deaths Italy 33 Ukraine 18 Poland 19 bul Garia 13 Spain 11 Denmark six Al Salvador five Slovakia four Latvia three Estonia Netherlands two each and Australia Hungary Kazakhstan Romania one each the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed Fri Day by an explosive in Western Baghdad a Soldier was killed Fri Day by an explosive projectile in Eastern Baghdad the latest identifications re ported by the military army pc Jason a Shaf Fer 28 deny a died thurs Day in bad Cuba of wounds suffered when a car bomb detonated near his vehicle assigned to 1st battalion 12th cavalry regiment 3rd brigade 1st cavalry division fort Hood Texas Navy Petty officer 2nd class Joseph c Schwedler 27 Crystal Falls Mich died Fri Day in Arsibar province As signed to Navy Seal team four Virginia Beach a
