European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages stars and stripes sunday april 15 2007 us arrests 2 suspects in chlorine attacks by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes the us military has arrested two suspects believed involved in a series of chlorine bomb attacks in Anbar province officials said saturday in an Early morning operation last week us and iraqi troops raided a residence in the Village of Kubay Sah an captured their primary targets without Inci Dent a military news release said the target names and nationalities were not released insurgents have launched at least eight chlorine attacks in Iraq since Jan 28 in the most recent reported bombing insurgents attacking the fal Lujah government Center set off at least one truck bomb laced with chlorine injuring or sickening 17 us troops and 57 iraqis other Anbar cities including ramada have also been targeted on March 23 iraqi police thwarted an attempted chlorine truck bomb attack in ramada the truck contained five 1000gallon barrels filled with chlorine along with More than 4000 pounds of explosives police arrested the Driver be fore he could set off the bomb chlorine is widely used in water and sewage treatment in Iraq american officials have highlighted the use of it As a Modi fied chemical weapon in insurgent attacks i strongly believe this use of chlorine should not be dismissed merely As a new tactic or an emerging trend maj Gen Michael Barbero the pentagons Deputy director for regional operations said late last month in a news briefing chlorine is a Poison Gas it is a Poison Gas being used on the iraqi people us military officials have blamed the chlorine attacks on Al Aida in Iraq some of the attacks have been in retaliation against sunni tribes in Anbar who aligned themselves with the americans the use of Poison Gas on inno cent iraqi civilians discredits All of the sunni extremist propaganda of being an honorable Resis Tance focused on driving out the infidels Barbero said email Joseph Giordono at us investigates whether Iran is supporting sunnis rebels in Iraq by Robert Burns the associated press Washington the United states suspects Iran is providing weapons and other military sup port to both sides of the sectarian conflict in Iraq not just to the Shi ites who have historical religious ties to the iranians the no 2 american commander in Iraq said Friday were working now to deter mine whether they Are in fact not Only providing support to shiite groups but also sunni insurgent groups said la Gen Raymond Odierno referring to the buds Force an elite unit of Iran revolutionary guards Odierno spoke to reporters at the military Pentagon Headquarters from his head quarters outside Baghdad we dont have any specific proof of that yet but theres been some indication that that could in fact be the Case he added in a session via satellite video from his Headquarters outside Baghdad Odierno was asked Why Iran would help the sunni extremists of Iraq since born Iran and Iraq Are predominantly shiite i think its mainly because they want to continue to create chaos in Iraq he replied they do not want this government potentially to succeed but addition ally i think they want to try to tie Down coalition forces Here and if s Clear that they Are attempting to affect what5s going on inside of Iraq on a daily basis Odierno also said it was too Early to say How Long the United states will maintain the higher troop Levels in Iraq that president Bush ordered in january As part of his revamped strategy for stabilizing the country Odierno said he would make his initial recommendation in july or August Odierno ticked off a list of Indica tors of recent Progress in stabilizing Iraq including a drop in sectarian murders in Baghdad a return of some displaced families to the capital improvement in the performance of iraqi soldiers and police and the capture of More insurgent and extremist group leaders he also acknowledged set backs including thursdays bombing of a Bridge in Baghdad and a suicide attack in the iraqi parliament building it is Clear we still have a Long Way to go to provide stability and Security to Iraq he said despite the attack inside the parliament building which is inside the heavily Forti fied Green zone on the Tigris River Odierno said it will remain the iraqis responsibility to pro vide Security for that building it Doest help them for us to provide that Security they have us deaths Iraq As of Friday at least 3297 members of the us 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 2674 died As a result of hostile action Accord ing to the military numbers the a count is five higher than the defense departments tally last updated Friday at 10 am the latest deaths reported by the military b two soldiers were killed thursday South of Baghdad a Soldier died thursday when his vehicle was stuck by an explosive South of Baghdad a Soldier thursday of a cause not related to combat a Soldier was killed thursday by Small arms fire North of Baghdad the latest identifications reported by the Mili tary army pfc Kyle g Bohrnsen 22 Philipsburg Mont died tuesday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when his vehicle hit an explosive assigned to the 2nd 12th infantry regiment 2nd brigade combat team 2nd infantry division fort Carson Colo sgt Raymond s Sevaaetasi 29 Pago Pago american Samoa died wednesday in Bagh dad of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an explosive assigned to the 15th brigade support battalion 2nd brigade combat team 1st cavalry division fort Hood Texas pc Ismael g Solorio 21 san Luis Ariz died monday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near his vehicle 2nd battalion 17th Field artillery regiment 2nd brigade combat team 2nd infantry division fort Carson Colo army pfc Brian l Holden 20 Claremont no died monday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near his vehicle 2nd battalion 17th Field artillery regiment 2nd brigade combat team 2nd infantry division fort Carson Colo army pvt Brett a Walton 37 Hillsboro Ore died monday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated hear his vehicle 2nd battalion 17th Field artillery regiment 2nd brigade combat team 2nd infantry division fort Carson Afghanistan and other areas As of Friday at least 312 members of the us military in Afghanistan Pakistan and uzbek Stan As a result of the is invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 according to the defense department the department last updated its Fig uresapril7 of those the military reports 196 were killed by hostile action outside the afghan Region the defense depart ment reports 61 More members of the us Mili tary died in support of operation enduring free Dom of those two were the result of hostile action the military lists the other locations As Guantanamo Bay naval base Cuba Djibouti Eritrea Jor Dan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Philippines Seychelles Sudan Tajikistan Turkey and Yemen there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civilian death the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths reported the latest identifications reported by the Mili tary no identifications reported from the associated press to do that he said Odierno said it was not yet Clear How the Sui cide bomber managed to get his explosives past Security an insurgent umbrella group that includes Al Aida in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for the bombing As the us military re Vised the death toll sharply Down Ward to one dead a member of parliament officials initially re ported a death toll of eight at the White House visiting iraqi government spokesman am Aldabbagh told reporters that said the government is doing what is necessary to Stop threats inside the Green zone Acu parkas Nolle gear and m 1qt canteen flesh pc Fra Vest the gear you need the service you deserve wwwhessentacticd1coin country fair hours of operation 13 april 1400 14 april 11001900 15 april 11001600 t open to 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