European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes tuesday april 102007 us deaths i Iraq As of sunday at least 3280 Mem Bers of the is 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 result of hostile action according to the military the a count is 20 higher than the defense departments tally last up dated Friday at 10 am the British military reported 140 deaths Italy 33 Ukraine 18 Poland 19 Bulgaria 13 Spain 11 Denmark six Al Salvador five Slovakia four Latvia three Estonia Netherlands Thailand two each and Australia Hun Gary Kazakhstan Romania one each the latest deaths reported by the military three soldiers were killed sunday by an explosive South of Baghdad a Soldier died sunday of wounds suffered in Dyala province a Soldier died sunday of wounds suffered in Salahuddin province a Soldier died sunday when be was struck by Van indirect fire attack South of Baghdad pour Soldier were killed Satur Day by an explosion near their vehicle in Dyala province the latest identifications reported by the military army pfc Daniel a Fuentes 19 Levittown by died for Day in Bagh dad of wounds suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle was As signed to me 1st battalion 28th Stfan try regiment 4m infantry brigade combat team 1st Manny division fort Riley Kan r army pfc Jay s Cajimat 20 la Hawaii died in Bagh dad of wounds stiffened when a Lehi Cleborne explosive detonated near his unit was assigned Toile 2nd Bat Talion 16th infantry regiment 4th in Fantry brigade combat team 1st in Fantry division fort Riley Kan army sgt Forrest d Cauthorn 22 Midlothian a killed thursday by Small arms fire and grenades in Hawi Jah was assigned to the 2nd Bat Tampa 27m mantry regiment 3rd brigade combat team 25th infantry division Schofield Barracks Hawaii the associated press iraqis rally Over Baghdad fall thousands March in streets for anniversary by Lauren Frayer the associated press Baghdad tens of thousands draped themselves in iraqi flags and marched peacefully through the streets of two shiite holy cities monday to Mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad fall demonstrators were flanked by two Cor dons of police As they called for us forces to leave shouting get out get out occupier some marchers strode along trying to rip apart an american Flag others marched across an american Flag Rug Flung across the Road Security was tight across Iraq with a 24hour Bah on All vehicles in Baghdad Start ing from 5 am monday the government quickly reinstated the Day As a National Holiday rescinding its weekend order that had decreed that april 9 no longer would be a Day off the Najaf rally was ordered by Muntada a Sadr the powerful shiite cleric who a Day earlier issued a statement ordering his militiamen to redouble their Battle to oust american forces and argued that Iraq army and police should join him in defeat ing your Archenemy those marching were overwhelmingly shiite but sunnis who Are believed to make up the heart of Iraq insurgency have also called for an american withdraw Al a Sadr did not attend the demonstration and has not appeared in Public for months iraqi soldiers in uniform joined the crowd which was led by at least a dozen turbaned one sunni col Steven Boylan a us military spokes Man and aide to the commander of All us forces in Iraq praised the peaceful nature of the demonstration saying iraqis could not have done this four years ago this is the right to assemble the right to free speech they didst have that under the former regime Boylan said this is Progress theres no two ways about it had followers of Radical antics cleric Muntada a Sadr tear up an american Flag in Najaf Iraq monday on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad to the us forces mondays demonstration Marks four years since us marines and the army 3rd infantry division swept into the iraqi capital 20 Days into the american invasion in a statement distributed in Najaf on Sun Day a Sadr called on iraqi forces to Stop co operating with America you the iraqi army and police forces dont walk alongside the occupiers because they Are your Archenemy the statement said sundays statement was apparently is sued in response to three Days of clashes be tween his Mahdi army militiamen and us backed iraqi troops in Diw Aniyah 80 Miles South of Baghdad a us Soldier was killed there sunday col Michael Garrett with the us army 25th infantry division told reporters in i wan Yah on monday iraqi sunni denies weapons Cache accuses Iran and Iraq Amman Jordan an iraqi sunni lawmaker denied monday that he had stashed weapons in his Baghdad Home and accused the iraqi government and Iran of trying to discredit him because of his criticism of state policies Khalaf Alyan spoke to the associated press one Day after an iraqi military spokes Man said us and iraqi troops had found a huge stash of weapons in his Home and arrested More than a dozen men Lilyan accused the shiite led govern ment of a smear Campaign against him from the associated press troops find relative quiet in patrols near Sadr City by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad company is 2nd platoon was bouncing Down a shabby sewage smeared Back Road in new Baghdad in a line of humvee when word crackled Over the radio its official staff sgt Chris Hurley said As he stepped from his humvee late sunday Mook ies called for the Mahdi army to have an uprising against us the 35yearold Ohatchee Alana Tive said referring to the Radical shiite cleric Muntada a Sadr great sgt Chris Greenfield said sarcastically the news want exactly a sur prise to the 25yearold Bates Ville Ark resident though Greenfield and other 1st Battal Ion 8th cavalry regiment 1st cavalry division soldiers have been keeping track of the number of iraqi flags hoisted atop Power poles mosque minarets water towers and Homes Over the last several Days Sadr who commands an untold number of shiite militiamen in Eastern Baghdad called upon his followers to demonstrate against the us military presence in Iraq on monday the fourth anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein but monday started peacefully enough As troops from 2nd Pla Toon motored through the narrow trash strewn streets of Shawna a urn Jird an impoverished slum that Borders the Mahdi army stronghold of Sadr City troops attached to the 2nd Bri Gade combat team 2nd infantry division had spent much of the past week bracing for potential trouble while the first month and a half of the new Baghdad Security plan started extremely quietly in new Baghdad sniper and Road Side bomb attacks have spiked in the past several weeks in preparation for the april 9 anniversary authorities imposed a vehicle ban and locked Down roads in notorious trouble spots on monday soldiers enc Oun Fronte and stripes us army pc Michael Doke 20 of Huffman Texas prepares to head out on a patrol in Northern new Baghdad on monday tired some stones thrown by Chil Dren a common and annoying occurrence in Eastern Baghdad were also greeted by Waves from some residents Many of the area residents had travelled by minivan and bus to Najaf where Large scale demonstrations took place on monday soldiers said that if Sadr words do indeed touch off a Large scale uprising it would be unlike those they faced in 2004 when Mahdi army militiamen openly attacked troops with rifles and rocket propelled grenades if s been hit and run since the beginning said staff sgt Arman do Salazar 39 of Comanche Texas in my opinion if we see More attacks it will be from less and Fps he said referring to Roadside bombs i dont see them doing a lot of straight on attacks Salazar said Only the smart ones Are left the strongest and the smartest of them survive second platoon has been hit extremely hard by the recent in crease in attacks no fewer than seven platoon members were killed in a devastating Roadside bomb attack and a sniper attack in less than a month still reeling from the losses soldiers said they we rent about to let their guard Down in the coming weeks its shaping up like things Are going to get hot said pfc Stephen Gahrmann 25 of Piscat away no that just Means we have to step up our game and do better than we have been doing email Monte Morin at