European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes monday april 9 2007 David Carolyn and Keith Maupin Are the parents of missing us army sgt Keith Matthew Matt Maupin monday Marks the third anniversary of Matt maupins capture in Iraq 3 years later missing gis family still Hopes by Terry Kinney the associated press Batavia Ohio yellow rib Bons across sgt Matt maupins Hometown Are constant remind ers fundraising events in his Honor draw overflow crowds sol Diers Back Home relay details of the ongoing search for him in Iraq these Are the signs of support and Hope that keep maupins parents going three after he was Cap tured in an insurgent attack on his army Convoy Keith Maupin said he took Comfort hear ing from the father of a military interrogator in Iraq who said detainees Are asked if a photo of Maupin tied they know anything with a yellow ribbon about his missing son he said these Guys Are not going to give up on Matt their Mission is to stay focused on find ing Matt and get All the information they can out of these detainees Keith Maupin said the army wont confirm that detainees Are questioned about Maupin sgt Keith Matthew Maupin was a 20yearold private first class when he was captured april 9 2004 when his fuel Convoy part of the 724th transportation company was ambushed West of Baghdad a week later the Arab television network Al Nazeera aired a videotape showing Maupin sit Ting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding Auto Matic rifles that june Al Nazeera aired an other tape purport ing to show a us sol Dier being shot but the dark and Grainy tape showed Only the Back of the victims head and not the Actu a shooting the maupins refuse to believe it was their son and the army continues to list him As miss tall Man said More than 1000 people Are expected at a banquet fundraiser monday the third anniversary of maupins capture some 700 bikers Are expected the following saturday for a motorcycle ride sponsored by rolling Thunder a pow Mia awareness group a youth baseball tournament in May Drew More entries than it could handle All Are raising Money for the Matt Maupin scholarship fund Keith Maupin said he thinks the army is doing its Best to find his son 7 nato troops killed 3 Afagh bombing by Rahim Faiez the associated press Kabul Afghanistan Roadside bombs killed seven nato soldiers in Southern Afghanistan officials said As militants struck Back during the Alli ances biggest anti Taliban offensive six of the troops died when one of the bombs struck their vehicle the affianced said in a statement Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper con finned that they were Canadian Canadian press re ported it appeared to be the biggest combat loss for for eign troops in Afghanistan since 2005 another sol Dier was injured nato said in a separate incident a Roadside bomb killed one nato Soldier and wounded two others nato said nato did not released the nationality of those sol Diers nor did not specify where in the South either of the two attacks took place or provide other de tails the fatalities underline How virulent Afghani stans Taliban led resistance remains More than six years after a used invasion drove the Hartline militia from Power for harbouring Al Aida the attack on the canadians appeared to have inflicted the worst toll on foreign troops in a single combat incident since a us helicopter crashed in Kunar in june 2005 after apparently being hit by a rocket propelled grenade sixteen american troops died the losses came Days after More than 1000 nato and afghan troops retook a District in the Southern province of Helmand from Taliban Mili Tants the operation to seize Sangin District started late wednesday and is part of natos largest Ever Offen Sive in Afghanistan operation Achilles launched last month to push militants from Northern Hel Mand about 4500 nato and 1000 afghan forces Are in and around Helmand province the worlds largest producer of opium As part of the operation in the last several months Taliban militants and foreign fighters have streamed into the province according to us and nato officials group claims it downed us Helo Cairo Egypt an Al Aida affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility in an internet posting Satur Day for last weeks Downing of a us helicopter South of Baghdad the islamic state of Iraq which groups Al Aida in Iraq and several other sunni extremist in the statement posted on an islamic web site commonly used by the militants that it was behind the shooting of a us Black Hawk on thurs Day South of the iraqi capital the statement whose authenticity could not be in Dependently verified did not provide details of How the attack was carried out but claimed that All on Board were killed us army said in a Brief statement thursday that a helicopter carrying nine personnel went Down South of Baghdad but that All on Board survived four were wounded the us military did not give details but said the incident was under investigation Taliban afghan translator beheaded Kandahar Afghanistan the kidnapped translator for an italian journalist was beheaded on sunday in Southern Afghanistan afghan authorities and a purported spokesman for the Taliban said Ajmal Naqshabandi a freelance journalist and translator was kidnapped along with Daniele Mastrogiacom of the italian daily la Republica and a Driver in Southern Helmand province on March 5 the Driver saved Agha was beheaded and Mastrogiacom was released March 19 in a much criticized Swap for five Taliban militants the Taliban made a similar demand in return for the release of Naqshabandi Iran says no us talks planned Tehran Iran Iran foreign ministry spokes Man said sunday that Iran had no plans to meet with us officials on the sidelines of the upcoming Iraq conference Iran state news Agency Irna reported Mohammad Ali Hosseini comments came a Day after Iraq announced that ministers from Iraq neighbouring countries the five permanent Mem 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