European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 102007 stars and stripes Page British unit gives Basra base Back to iraqis by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes the British military has for Mally handed Over to the fledgling iraqi Security forces one of the largest British bases in South Ern Iraq officials said monday the Shat Alarab hotel had been Home to roughly 600 troops of the 1st battalion Staffordshire regiment Battle group now the 10th iraqi army division will use the base officials said the British contingent will re turn Home to the us shortly a news release read the troops had been using the base to mount patrols of the Northern half of Basra a key shiite City in Southern Iraq during their time within the the Stafford hotel was one of the largest Brit bases in Southern Iraq have mounted Many Frame work Security operations and multiple strike operations against the rogue militias that blight life in Basra the news release read the Bat tie group has also endured and responded to a significant number of militia attacks it is the rogue militia who pose the Lon term threat to peace and Security in Basra the British military has Previ Marks another move for the iraqi army essentially into the front line Here in Basra with British and multinational forces in a much More supporting role j f it col Tim Sandiford commander of the 1st battalion Staffordshire regiment Battle group Ousby announced it is withdraw ing its forces from Basra Over the next year while the British say their move is not being driven by a timetable they have called 2007 the year for Security transition in Basra prov Ince one part of that transition is to move All the British forces to one Large contingency operating base West of Basra by the end of april British officials said the Shaubah Logis tics base will be handed Over to the iraqis leaving Only one other British Post the Basra Palace in the City whilst the Correct conditions must first be achieved the fore cast is that Basra Palace will be handed Over to the iraqis in the late summer 2007 the news release read British officials said the hand ing Over of the Shatt was a major Milestone in the transition it Marks another move for the iraqi army essentially into the front line Here in Basra with British and multinational forces in a much More supporting role it col Tim Sandiford commander of the 1st battalion Staffordshire regiment Battle group was quoted As saying weve trained them and were moving to the Point where they implement Security for them selves email Joseph Giordono at thetic puss Cand  credit available Inci 2nd Chance financing y the american society for aesthetic Pia Fie surgery 20 years experience breast augmentation  breast redaction Inge Teabie fillers eyelid surgery nose surgery Tummy tuck liposuction face lifting anti aging Call 06221646111 we speak English  Taliban seeks new prisoner release by Noorkhanu the associated press Kandahar Afghanistan the Taliban will kill four afghan medical personnel and their Driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders a purported spokes Man for the group said monday the threat came a Day after the Hartline militia beheaded Ajmal Naqshabandi an afghan translator seized last month along with an ital Ian reporter after authorities refused to re peat the kind of prisoner Swap that won the italians Freedom president Hamid Karzai condemned the kill ing As the work of enemies of Afghanistan while afghan journalists staged a protest in the capital a spate of abductions has highlighted the lawlessness of Southern Afghanistan where the Taliban remain strongest despite the pres ence of thousands of foreign troops the kidnappings have also kicked off a debate Over the ethics of negotiating with kidnappers the Taliban said it kidnapped a doctor three nurses and their Driver on March 27 in Kandahar province adjacent to Helm arid if the government does not release our two Taliban commanders then we will give the same punishment As we did with Ajmal Shahabuddin Atal who claims to speak for senior Taliban commander mul Lah Dadulla said on monday the Taliban had made a similar demand in Exchange for the release of Naqshabandi a freelance journalist and translator who was kidnapped along with Daniele Mastrogiacom of the rom based la Republica newspaper and a Driver in Helmand province on March 5 the Driver Sayed Agha was beheaded last month Mastrogiacom was freed March 19 in a much criticized Swap for five imprisoned Tali ban militants in Exchange for the italian journalist the afghan government and foreigners together handed Over five Taliban he was a foreign journalist Atal said by Telephone from an undisclosed location he said Naqshabandi was beheaded in Hel mands Gar sir District and that his family could find his body there the afghan president strongly condemned the killing of Ajmal Naqshabandi by the hands of the enemies of Afghanistan a statement from his office said the prisoner Swap that secured Mastrogi cd mos release has been criticized by afghan lawmakers and foreigners working in Afghani Stan As an incentive for militants to stage More kidnappings Karzai last week defended the Exchange by saying the Case was threatening the govern ment of italian Premier Romano Prodi he ruled out further swaps mondays presidential statement added a new twist saying the Taliban were supposed to release both Mastrogiacom and Naqshabandi in Exchange for the five militants but re need on the Deal court martial Womack re attorney at Law world wide Cail 7132248815  800hightechcom troops celebrate easter in Afghanistan chaplain service David m of the us Navy Shaw conducts a Benediction at the conclusion of an easter Sunrise stars and stripes the commander of combined joint task force82 in Afghanistan celebrated easter with troop visits at four bases in the Northeast part of the country on sunday officials said monday hitting some of the most Remote and aus Tere bases in the Region us army maj Gen David Rodriguez started with a Catholic mass at Jala Labad Airfield before travelling to the other bases with two task Force spartan chaplains at each Stop the Chap Lains conducted easter services for troops among the bases visited were Kadesh where the 3rd Squadron 71st cavalry regiment is based Gow Ardesh where troops from the 4th battalion 25th Field artillery regiment Are based and Naray