European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              I april 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages David of the army army Arnold of task Force assists local afghan residents with Relief afghan troops assist flood victims stars and stripes afghan and american soldiers Are continuing Relief work for Vic Tims of recent flooding in Afghani with efforts including Resi dents of though heavy Rains stopped about a week hundreds of people remain without water or officials in one Relief some 100 families in Kabul received cooking flour and other tools such As shovels and stoves also were the goods came from Bagram Airfield and were donated by forces army Christopher of the embedded training team working with afghan military according to a news the Relief supplies were organized and distributed from the Kabul military training officials nearly on third of the country has been affected by the Relief officials More than 80 people have been killed and about More have been according to officials of the Relief Agen the flooding was caused by annual Snow melt and heavy Aid distribution has been hampered by both Security conditions and damage to according to Relief want to save thousands of dollars on your new car please Contact us for details of our unbeatable military pricing  acis to review marines response to afghan attack by Robert Burns the associated press Washington a Mili tary commander has determined that marines accused of killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month used excessive and he has referred the Case for possible criminal in the associated press has the initial investigation of the March 4 in which up to a dozen afghan civilians Are reported to have concluded that the marines response was out of proportion to the threat that was immediately a senior de sense official said the official spoke on condition of anonymity because the probes results have not been the findings have been forwarded to Central which has responsibility for Mili tary operations in the Middle East and Central the Case also has been referred to the naval criminal investigative service for a broader Crimi Nal the official another also speaking on condition of said the initial military investigation concluded that there was a reasonable suspicion that the marines violated the rules for the use of deadly and that possibly including Homi May have been committed in the aftermath of the Convoy being struck by a car the naval investigative service got the Case within the past week but has not yet begun interview ing the this official this official said the number of marines involved in the Case is in the they were in six Mili tary vehicles that were travelling in a Convoy at the time of the Inci in the March 4 incident in Nan Gahar an expo Sive rigged minivan crashed into a Convoy of marines that officials said also came under fire from reports of the number of dead and wounded Var injured afghans said the americans fired on civilian cars and pedestrians As they sped military officials said Mili Tant gunmen shot at marines and May have caused some of the civilian the afghan government has done its own investigation and the results Are president Hamid Karzai condemned the in which was one among Sev eral involving forces in which civilians were killed and in army Francis Kearney head of special operations command began his investigation after taking the highly unusual step of ordering the unit of about 120 marines out of the marines Are in a special operations unit that deployed from Camp in january with the 26th Marine expedition Ary after Kearney ordered them out of Afghanistan they re turned to the ships of the 26th in the persian their unit is one of four Marine special operations command companies that have been established since the command was created in february the one ordered out of Afghanistan was the first to deploy iraqi troops still providing Aid in Tal afar thousands of pounds of flour and sugar along with much needed cooking Oil Are among Relief supplies that Ameri can and iraqi troops still Are pro Viding to victims of the March 27 car bomb attack in Tal the which iraqi officials say killed More than 150 peo sparked reprisal attacks by shiite police and militiamen that killed dozens More than 80 Homes in the Wanda District of Tal afar were destroyed in the bomb officials have emergency rations and drinking water also Are being pro american troops at Forward operating base Sykes Are work ing mainly with iraqi troops from the 2nd 3rd iraqi army division to deliver the temporary housing and italian Aid group pulls staff out of Afghanistan Rome an italian Aid group pulled its staff out of Afghanistan on wednesday in an attempt to secure the release of one of its work ers held by the afghan Carlo vice president of said that about 40 mostly left Kabul for Dubai to protest at the detention of Rahmatullah an afghan staff Hanefi was involved in negotiations to release an italian journalist kidnapped by the Taliban last month along with his afghan Driver and an afghan offi Cial has accused him of helping the Taliban Kidnap the la Republica journalist Daniele Mastrogiacom was exchanged for the release of five imprisoned Taliban Mas Tro Giacomo Driver was killed shortly after the March 5 Abdul and on sunday the Hartline militia beheaded the afghans Ajmal after authorities refused another prisoner Nav Shandis body was flown to the afghan Cap ital Kabul for burial on wednes family and officials from the associated press Saab Price Sale Saab is celebrating the 60th anniversary 60 production slots available up to 50 discount on certain options and packages save thousands on your loaded Saab for a limited period first first served Saab map often cop i never bettered com Tel 00 973 1781 1370 fax 00 97317813553 email