European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes thursday april 19 2007 183 killed As bombs tear through Baghdad had an iraqi Soldier stands guard wednesday As smoke rises from the site of a suicide car bombing at an iraqi police checkpoint at an Entrance to Baghdad Sadr City four Large bombs exploded in mostly Shihe areas across Baghdad killing at least 183 people us deaths in Iraq the associated press As of tuesday at least 3309 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 2689 died As a result of hostile action according to the military num Bers the a count is two higher than the defense departments tally last updated tuesday at 10 am Edt the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths reported the latest identifications re ported by the military army pc Ryan a Bishop 32 Euless Texas died saturday in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an explosive assigned to the 4th battalion 31st infantry regiment 2nd brigade combat team 10th Mountain division Light fort drum by Marine 1st it Shaun m Blue 25 Munster ind died Mon Day of wounds sustained in Anbar province assigned to the 2nd battalion 7th Marine regi ment 1st Marine division i Marine expeditionary Force then Tonine Palms Calif m Marine Lance Cpl Jesse d Delatorre 29 Aurora Al died monday of wounds sustained in Anbar province assigned to the 2nd battalion 7th Marine regi ment 1st Marine division i Marine expeditionary Force then Tonine Palms Calif b Marine Lance Cpl Daniel r Scherry 20 Rocky River Ohio died monday after a no hostile Accident in Anbar province As signed to the 1st battalion 2nd Marine regiment 2nd Marine division ii Marine expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune no army pfc Lucas v Starcevich 25 St Charles he died monday in Baghdad when an explosive struck his vehicle assigned to me 1st battalion 18th infantry regiment 2nd brigade combat team 1st infantry Divi Sion Schwein flirt Germany army sol Joshua a Schmit 26 Willmar Minn killed Satur Day when an explosive struck his vehicle in fal Lujah assigned to the 1451st transportation company 13th support command Iraq army sgt Brandon l Wal lace 27 St Louis killed saturday when an explosive struck his Vebi Cle in fal Ujah assigned to the 1451st transportation company 13th support command Iraq army pfc Aaron m Genevie 22 Chambersburg a killed monday in Baghdad when his vehicle struck an explosive As signed to the 1st Squadron 4th cavalry regiment 4th infantry brigade combat team 1st infantry division fort Riley Kan army pfc Steven j Wai Berg 18 Paradise Calif killed sunday in Baghdad by Small arms fire assigned to the 1st Squadron 4th cavalry regi ment 4th infantry brigade com Bat team 1st infantry division fort Riley Kan b army sgt Mario k de Leon 26 san Francisco killed monday in Baghdad by Small arms fire assigned to the 1st battalion 18th infantry regiment 2nd brigade combat team 1st infantry Divi Sion Schweinfurt Germany the associated press Baghdad suspected sunni insurgents penetrated the Baghdad Security net wednesday hitting shiite targets with four bomb attacks that killed 183 people r the bloodiest Day since the us troop surge began nine weeks ago late wednesday prime minister Nouri Almalik ordered the arrest of the iraqi army colonel who was in charge of Security in the area around the Sabriyah Market where at least 127 people died and 148 were wounded in one of the bombings it was the second massive blast at the Market since feb 3v nationwide the number of people killed or found dead on wednesday was 233 which equated the highest death toll since the associated press began recording daily nationwide deaths in May 2005 also an american Soldier died of no Nbattle injuries in Baghdad the us military said wednesday the Soldier died tuesday in an incident that was under investigation the military said in a statement among the dead in the Sabriyah Narket bombing were several construction had been re building the mostly shiite marketplace after a bomb ing destroyed Many shops and killed 137 people there in february the police official said the labourers typically finish work around 4 pm each Day one of those wounded 28yearold Salih Mustafa said he was waiting for a minibus to head Home when the blast went off at pm i rushed with others to give a hand and help the victims he said i saw three bodies in a wooden cart and civilian cars were helping to Transfer the victims it was really a horrible scene the Market is situated on a Side Street lined with shops and vendors Selling produce meat and other Staples it also sits about 500 Yards from a sunni shrine an hour earlier a suicide car bomber crashed into an iraqi police checkpoint at an Entrance to Sadr City the capitals biggest shiite Muslim neigh boyhood and a stronghold for the militia led by Radi Cal antics cleric Muntada a Sadr the explosion killed at least 41 people including five iraqi Security officers and wounded 76 police and Hospital officials said Black smoke billowed from a Jumble of at least eight incinerated vehicles that were in a Jam of cars stopped at the checkpoint bystanders scrambled Over twisted Metal to drag victims from the soldering wreckage As iraqi guards staggered around stunned earlier a parked car exploded near a private hos Pital in the Central neighbourhood of Sarradah kill ing 11 people and wounding 13 police said the blast damaged the Abdulmajid Hospital and other nearby buildings the fourth explosion was from a bomb left on a minibus in the Central Musafi area area killing four people and wounding six others police said also in Baghdad four policemen were killed wednesday afternoon when gunmen ambushed their patrol South of the City Center police said six pedestrians were wounded in the gunfire us officials had cited a slight decrease in sectarian killings in Baghdad since the us iraqi crack Down was launched feb 14 but the past week has seen several spectacular attacks on the capital including a suicide bombing inside parliament and a powerful blast that collapsed a landmark Bridge across the Tigris River weve seen both inspiring Progress and too much evidence that we still face Many grave Chal Lenges maj Gen William b Caldwell in a us military spokesman told reporters wednesday weve always said securing Baghdad would not be easy meanwhile to the West of the City us troops killed five suspected insurgents and captured 30 oth ers in a raid in Anbar province criminal hearings Complex opened by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad spokesmen for coalition forces in Iraq announced the opening of a newly established Rule of Law com plex in an undisclosed area of downtown Baghdad saying re cent criminal hearings there were a Small step Forward for Iraq Legal system the top spokesman for us forces in Iraq also told reporters at a weekly press conference in the Green zone that the coalition will continue to conduct talks with insurgent groups who were willing to Lay Down arms and join the political process maj Gen William b Caldwell in told reporters wednesday that there had been an ongoing Effort to establish a dialogue with insurgent groups who were looking to reconcile and work toward a uni fied Iraq coalition forces Are will ing and do participate in those efforts he said the comments came during a regularly scheduled news Confer ence in which Caldwell and other coalition officers touted recent criminal hearings held in the newly established Legal Complex in an unspecified area of the Capi tals sprawling Rosafa District East of the Tigris River the hearings held april 2 focused on two unnamed criminal suspects the first was an alleged sunni Al Aida operative who has been accused of murdering scores of shiite civilians the Sec Ond was a shiite iraqi National police officer who has been accused of torturing and abusing sunni detainees the Rule of Law is a principal of governance that holds that your Fate depends not on who you Are what religion or tribe you belong to but what you did said col Mark s Martins a staff judge advocate no one is saying that the Rule of Law prevails in Iraq at this time but this is a step Forward the opening of the Complex the planned nucleus of a civil and criminal Law system coincides with the launch of Iraq new Baghdad Security plan a Campaign aimed at halting a bloody sectarian feud Between warring sunni and shiite muslims Here the Complex features protected housing for judges court officials and then families such Protection was critical officials said because at least 25 judges have been killed in Iraq to Date without an effective judiciary it Doest matter How effective the iraqi police Are said British army Brig Gen Rob Weighill who has assisted with the develop ment of Iraq Interior ministry and specifically its police email Monte Morin at Tirell of companies refusing Tiship to your Apo or fp0 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