European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 17 2007 stars and stripes pages insurgents taking violence North to bad Cuba by Joshua Partlow the Washington Post bad Cuba ambushes have become routine in bad Cuba the capital of Dyala province and one of the most violent cities in Iraq As thousands of us and iraqi soldiers descend on Baghdad us commanders say insurgents Are moving North into Diya la a province smaller than Mary land where the insurgent group Al Aida in Iraq has waged a Bru Tal Campaign of terror the Baghdad Security plan is killing american soldiers up Here one Soldier put it Over the past five months enemy tactics have turned squarely against us and iraqi troops As sectarian killings and kidnappings have fallen by about 70 percent in Dyala attacks on us and iraqi troops have in creased by a corresponding amount according to col David Sutherland the top us com Mander in the province at least 46 soldiers from his 5000mem Ber 3rd brigade combat team of the 1st cavalry division have been killed since they arrived in november Ramstein office space exclusive office space directly outside Ramstein air base 24o Square meters appropriate for All professional business uses Call o1 71 777 6544 court martial Guy Womack pc attorney at Law world wide Call 7132248815 custom of neuters laptops Low monthly payments the Stryker battalion reinforcements showed up March 13 and plunged into bad Cuba their first Day of reconnaissance turned into More than eight hours of Urban combat against snipers Roadside bombs and rocket propelled grenades this is the most stressful environment weve been in easily said capt Ben Richards a com Pany commander with the Stryker unit which fought in Tal afar Mosul Anbar province and Bagh dad before coming to Dyala As a sign of the provinces strategic importance almost a full brigade of 2000 to 3000 addition Al soldiers is on the Way to Dyala to interdict the volatile terrain be tween Baghdad and bad Cuba about 35 Miles Northeast of the capital soldiers said where we have really ramped it up there going to find ways to go where were not said Brig Gen Joseph Anderson the chief of staff for the number two commander in Iraq Dyala is a place that didst have a lot of boots on the ground the province is a microcosm of nearly All the problems encountered today in Iraq under Saddam Hussein Dyala was a stronghold of baath party offi it inc Adelber Gesag prove thetic j plastic and Cosmenco surgery credit available Inci 2nd Chance financing the american society for aesthetic plastic surgery y Over 20 years experience breast augmentation hair transplantation breast reduction inject Abie fillers eyelid surgery nose surgery Tummy tuck liposuction face lifting anti aging Call 06221646111 we speak English  Dyala clinic destroyed insurgents in Dyala province last week destroyed a newly constructed medical clinic As a warning iraqi officials said monday the group targeted the Alula clinic on Friday eight insurgents in two vehicles came to the facility ordered it emptied of patients and staff then placed explosives which destroyed the building iraqi officials said while no injuries were reported in the attack it was another sign that some of the insurgent and militia groups in Baghdad have moved North to Dyala during the surge of troops in the capital in response additional us forces had been pushed North As Well officials have said stars and stripes vials and military and Intelli gence officers a group that has morphed into several sunni in surgent organizations including some that have recently battled Al Aida in Iraq about 25 main tribes and 100 Subtribe Are vying for influence shiite militias Are encroaching North from Baghdad and kurdish settlers Are pushing South into the province from Northern Iraq Diya Las 250mile Border with Iran is believed to be a major byway for weapons and funding some of the largest caches of what us officials believe to be iranian made explosives have been uncovered in the dense Palm Groves of Dyala everything in Iraq is in Diya la Sutherland said adding later i think there is an Abun dance of people who Are willing to die soldiers say the most heinous crimes Are committed by Al Aida in Iraq fighters who have attacked hospitals used female suicide bombers raped and tortured Baghdad was chill compared to this said pvt Steven Smith 20 a member of the Stryker Bat Talion from Newport news a these Guys just dress up in Black suits and masks and say lets go kill everybody every Day out Here you dont know if youre going to make it Back top no a Welcome visitor Jeffrey of the us army command sgt maj Jesse Andrewsjr the 3rd infantry divisions top noncommissioned officer visits pfc Burley Miller of company b 1st battalion 28th infantry regiment 1st infantry division Andrews visited wounded troops at the combat support Hospital in Baghdad and presented purple hearts to some i being tried in absent a for killing italian in Iraq Rome an american Soldier is being tried in absent a tuesday for the killing of an italian Intelli gence agent at a checkpoint in Iraq two years ago a Case that has strained relations Between Italy and the United states pc Mario Lozano is accused of shooting Nicola Calipari on March 4 2005 while the italian agent was on his Way to the Bagh dad Airport shortly after securing the release of a kidnapped italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena Sgrena was wounded As was an agent who was driving the car Lozano was indicted in february on charges of murder and at tempted murder the american Soldier has said he had no Choice but to fire he said he flashed a warning Light Sig Naling the vehicle to Stop and that he shot first at the ground then at the cars engine from the associated press