European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes monday april 16 2007 2 us helps Down after reportedly colliding at least 45 killed in six bombings in Baghdad a Sadr loyalists pledge to quit Cabinet Hadi an iraqi policeman stands in front of a minibus destroyed sunday after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Northwest Baghdad at least eight people died in the blast and another ii were wounded an official at the Khazi Miyah Hospital said by Hamid Ahmed the associated press British Heli copters crashed North of Bagh dad after an apparent midair Colli Sion killing two service Mem Bers us officials said hours later a us helicopter was hit by ground fire near Mosul but landed safely the military said no one was injured six bombs exploded in predominantly shiite sections of the Capi Tal sunday killing at least 45 peo ple in a renewal of sectarian car nage that set Back the us push to pacify Baghdad the us military announced four us troop deaths two sol Diers and a Marine kilted in Sepa rate incidents in Iraq another sol Dier died while on leave the us military said sunday in another blow to prime minis Ter Nouri Alma Likis already perilously weak regime two officials close to Muntada a Sadr said the Radical clerics followers would quit their positions in the Cabinet on monday a move that could collapse the government and in the holy shiite City of Karbala health officials raised the toll from a bombing saturday close to one of the sects most sacred shrines saying 47 people were killed and 224 wounded the two British helicopters crashed after an apparent Colli Sion 12 Miles North of Baghdad killing two British personnel four other personnel were injured in the crash one very seriously us defence Secretary Des Browne said that initial reports suggested the crash was an Acci Dent sadly two personnel have died and one is very seriously injured All of these were us personnel my thoughts and sympathy Are with them and their families Browne said adding that the next of Kin had been in formed British forces Headquarters in the Southern City of Basra rarely Fly missions North of Baghdad where the helicopters crashed two officials in als Aoys organization said the cleric had or dered Bis supporters on Alma Likis Cabinet to withdraw As a protest Over arrests of leaders in his shiite militia and the prime ministers failure to Back a timetable for us withdrawal the six ministers will officially resign monday said Saleh Alau Jaisi and Hassan Elrubaie both members of Alsa drs bloc in parliament they said Alsa drs 30 legislators would remain in Parlia ment losing the six sadist ministers would further sap Alma Likis Al ready weak government possibly causing it to collapse the threat comes two months into a us Mili tary Campaign intended to pacify Baghdad and bolster the govern ment of Alsa drs militia have been arrested in the crack Down twin car bombs exploded min utes apart in the Busy Market of Baghdad Shkurta Rabia neighbor Hood a mostly shiite area in the cites West the first blast went off at mid morning in front of a Kebab restaurant five minutes later another car exploded near by As rescuers were evacuating victims Many women and Chil Dren were among the casualties police said shortly after noon a suicide bomber blew himself up on a minibus near a courthouse in the mainly shiite Northwest Baghdad neighbourhood of kill ing at least eight people and wounding 11 officials said Many of the victims were severely burned an official at the Kha Zamiyah Hospital said about three hours later a mini bus rigged with explosives detonated on a Busy Street of electronics shops in the predominantly shiite Central Sarradah District killing 11 people and wounding 15 authorities said in the same District after night fall two Roadside bombs exploded within five minutes of each other killing at least eight civil ians and wounding 23 police said officials believe violence will unite iraqis by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad spokesmen for the iraqi government and the us military said sunday that a recent string of terror attacks against City Bridges Iraq parliament and a religious site in Karbala bore the earmarks of Al Aida in Iraq yet insisted that the violence would unite iraqis instead of Divide them terrorism has failed i dont think these car bombs can Stop the political process inside or out Side the parliament said or Zug hair Chalabi a spokesman for the iraqi government we see what was intended to Divide and destroy As being a Cata Lyst for Unity said Navy rear Admiral Mark i Fox the press briefing held within Baghdad Green zone follows several Days of explosions and bloodshed on thursday a suicide bomber killed an iraqi lawmaker and injured 20 other people when he triggered an explosive in the cafe Teria of the iraqi parliament build ing within the heavily guarded Green zone on the same Day a car bomb destroyed Baghdad a Rakiyah Bridge a historic Struc Ture spanning the Tigris River on saturday the same Day legislators convened at the bomb damaged parliament building in a gesture of Defiance militants detonated a car bomb in a crowd of people near a sacred shiite mus Lim shrine i Karbala Southwest of Baghdad and exploded a Sec Ond car bomb on another Bagh dad Bridge this bomb caused no structural damage to the much travelled Badriya Bridge authorities said on sunday two car bombs go plodded minutes apart in a Bagh dad Market in a mainly shiite District killing at least 18 people according to the associated press the use of car bombs and at tacks against infrastructure Are tactics commonly associated with Al Aida in Iraq Fox said the targeting of Bridges appeared to be a new tactic in its Campaign to de rail Iraq fledgling democracy he said despite these brutal attacks the iraqi people have shown tremendous strength and resolve Fox said less than 24 hours after the parliament bombing the Council was Back at work and they met yesterday As Well the attacks occurred As us and Iraq Security forces enter the second month of a new Bagh dad Security plan a Campaign aimed at queuing violence be tween sunni and a Byitte muslims on sunday Fox said that Dur ing this time authorities had seen a Steep drop in the number of Sec tarian murders and kidnappings committed in Baghdad but had also seen an increase in the num Ber of car bombings to Date three of the five additional us army brigades slated for Baghdad have arrived with the rest expected to arrive by the end of june Fox said also he said 54 of some 76 planned joint Security centers and neighbourhood outposts have been established throughout the City email Monte Morin at six shops and several cars parked nearby were damaged by the blasts which occurred about 20 Yards apart police said one us Soldier was killed by Small arms fire sunday while try ing to reach an iraqi police unit under attack near a mosque in Southern Baghdad the military said in a statement one civilian was wounded in the incident another Soldier died saturday when a Roadside bomb exploded while the unit was on a foot patrol South of Baghdad the military said a Marine died the same Day in combat in Anbar province a third Soldier died from noncom Bat related cause saturday while on leave in Qatar another state ment said meanwhile dozens of iraqi policemen demonstrated in front of their Baghdad station sunday accusing us forces of treating them like animals and slaves the protest took place at Rashad station in Baghdad East Ern neighbourhood of Mashtal officers chanted no no to America get out occupiers while uis troops in two humvee and a Bradley fighting vehicle watched from a distance us deaths the associated press As of saturday 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 Seyen military civil ians a least 2674diedas Are of hostile action Accord ing to the military numbers the a count is five higher than the defense depart ments tally last updated Fri Day the latest deaths reported by me military no deaths reported the latest identifications re ported by the military Rainy Cpl Jason j Beadles 22 la Porte and died thursday in Baghdad of a non combat related injury As signed to the 887th Engineer company 326th Engineer Bat Talion 101st airborne division air fort Campbell army1st it go Fryml Newman my died thursday in Tasmiyah of wounds suffered from Small arms fire assigned to the 2nd battalion 8ta cavalry regiment 1st brigade combat team 1st cavalry division fort Hood Texas b army pc James t Lind sey 20 Florence Ala died thursday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an explosive 3rd battalion 509th infantry regi ment 4m brigade combat team 25th infantry division fort Richardson Alaska