European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes thursday april 12 2007 2 helps hit not downed in Baghdad by Monte Morin and Joseph Giordono stars and stripes Baghdad during a raging Daylong Battle in Central Baghdad on tuesday 16 troops were wounded and two Mil itary helicopters were hit by ground fire officials said contrary to iraqi police reports Early in the Day and an internet posting the Heli copters were not downed the military said we have not had any helicopters shot Down said it col Christopher Garver a military spokesman in Baghdad but a uh60 Black Hawk and an Apache gunship had been hit by Small arms fire while operating Over the City he said both returned safely to their bases and no one was injured officials said during the Baghdad Battle at least two iraqi soldiers and a child were killed a military statement and iraqi forces continued to work with attack Avia Tion assets throughout the Day to locate identify and engage and kill three insurgents targeting coalition and iraqi Security forces in the the fierce fighting in Central Baghdad shut Down the sunni dominated Fadhil and Sheik Omar neighbourhoods just after 7 the military said after Ameri can and iraqi troops came under fire Dur ing a routine search operation helicopter gunships swooped in engaging insurgents with machine gun fire the fighting caused huge traffic jams in Central Baghdad in the internet posting on tuesday a pre piously unknown iraqi insurgency group calling itself iraqi Hamas claimed that it had shot Down a helicopter Over Baghdad the posting claimed that one of the Bri Gades of Hamas in Iraq shot Down a Apache helicopter and struck a second one in the Alfadl District of since january at least nine helicopters have gone Down in Iraq some were struck by enemy fire the most recent crash was april 5 when a Black Hawk crashed near Latif Yah about 20 Miles South of Baghdad four of the nine people aboard were injured while the others were unhurt the use of helicopters to ferry troops and supplies in Iraq has increased enor Mously Over the past two years in 2005 army aircraft flew hours in 2006 they flew hours while this year they Are expected to Fly the associated press contributed to this report email Joseph Giordono at  email Monte Morin at  Adil Al a boy looks at a blast Hole tuesday after a rocket landed at an East Baghdad school 16 killed in suicide blast the associated press Baghdad a woman with explosives hidden beneath her Black Abaya detonated them tuesday in a crowd of about 200 police recruits killing at least 16 people police and Hospital officials said the woman walked into the crowd at the main Gate of the my cd Aliyah police station and blew herself up according to a police officer at the scene who spoke on the condition of anonymity at least 16 people were killed and 33 wounded in the mostly sunni Muslim City about 60 Miles Northeast of Baghdad said or Abdul Salam Aljbour at mud Aliyah general Hospital a parked car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Baghdad University killing at least six people and wounding 11 police said the bomb was packed into a yellow taxi near Campus and All of those Hurt were civilians police said a Katusha rocket hit a basketball court at a boys school in Eastern Baghdad killing a 6yearold boy and wounding 17 others 15 Stu dents and two teachers police said the military announced the deaths monday of four sol Diers three killed by a Roadside bomb and a secondary explosion in Southeastern Baghdad and another killed in combat in Western Anbar province also tuesday the military said it captured More than 150 suspected insurgents rocket propelled grenades and launchers automatic machine guns sniper rifles and antitank mines in an operation North of Baghdad iraqi Leader no withdrawal plans prime minister Nouri Almalik on a fou Day trip to Japan on tuesday said there was no need to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from his country we see no need for a withdrawal timetable we Are work ing As fast As we Almalik said to demand the departure of the troops is a democratic right and a right we respect what governs the departure at the end of the Day is How confident we Are in the handover pro what counts he added Are achievements on the his comments came a Day after tens of thousands of iraqis took to the streets of two shiite holy cities demanding that forces leave the country the massive rally called for by Shi Ite cleric Muntada a Sadr marked the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad a Sadr who remains in seclusion and did not attend ordered up the March As a show of strength not Only to Washington but to Iraq establishment Shi Ite ayatollahs As Well from the associated press troops draw a crowd to watch an escape from the muck Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad with mass demonstrations against forces in Najaf on monday soldiers based in the heavily shiite Quarter of new Baghdad passed the Day without serious incident or at least that was the Case until soldiers from 3rd platoon company b 1st battalion 8th cavalry regiment 1st cavalry division found themselves bogged Down in mud in the Iraq neighbourhood of Shawna Waum Jird first it Brian Sbertoli 24 of Wood Dale had been meeting with local residents to gauge the Public mood on the 4th anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein when his humvee Sud Denly Sank to the floorboards in an open Field such incidents Are a common occurrence in open areas of new Baghdad where broken water lines and pools of sewage soften patches of Earth to the consistency of cake frosting Large crowds of local iraqis usually gather at such scenes sometimes cheering when sol Diers manage to pull their vehicles free on monday Sbertoli platoon used a Bradley fighting vehicle to Tow the humvee out of the muck but Only after the Bradley narrowly escaped the mud Field As Well legion As the unit is known is attached to the 2nd brigade combat team 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