European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 april death toll past 100 suicide bomber targets killing dozens of civilians stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad five troops were killed Over the weekend in the military said pushing the death toll for april past 100 in the deadliest month for american forces this a suicide blew himself up during a shiite funeral in a volatile area North of the deadliest in a series of attacks that killed at least 73 people the bomber detonated his explosives about inside a tent where mourners were Gath ered in a flashpoint shiite enclave in Dyala where forces have seen fierce fighting with sunni and Shi ite at least 32 people were killed and 63 wounded in the which occurred four Days after a suicide car bomber killed 10 iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in the 50 Miles North of al Aida in Iraq claimed responsibility for attack in an area where sunni Arab insurgents Are thought to have fled to escape the Security crackdown in Baghdad that and iraqi troops launched the killings of the americans came As troops have been increasingly deployed on the streets of Baghdad and housed with iraqi troops in joint Security operations away from their heavily fortified raising their vulnerability to three american soldiers and an iraqi interpreter were killed by a Roadside bomb while on a combat patrol sunday in Eastern the military a Soldier was slain saturday by Small arms fire in the same part of the predominantly Shi ite area where american and iraqi forces have stepped up operations As part of the nearly correction an april 29 Washington Post article should have said Abc news posted on its web site that former Deputy tary of state Randall Tobias used an escort service to pro vide not Abc sent an email to the Post with a copy of that report Hadi followers of Radical cleric Muntada a Sadr rally in the Kaz Miyah District of Baghdad on condemning the previous Days deaths in Iraq As of at least members of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March Accord ing to an associated press the figure includes seven Mili tary at least died As a result of hostile according to the the a count is seven higher than the defense departments last updated Friday at 10 the British military has reported 146 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 six al five four three nether two each and one the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications reported by the military no identifications associated press 11weekold operation to quell sectarian a Marine also was killed Sun Day in Anbar a sunni in surgent stronghold West of the the military an Alsaid linked group vowed monday to pursue a Lon term War of attrition in Anbar against forces and an Alliance of sunni tribal leaders who have turned against the Ter ror underscoring the a Tanker truck exploded near a restau rant just West of the Anbar Provin Cial capital of killing four people and wounding police sunni sheiks and tribal leaders have begun turning against al Aida in form ing the Anbar salvation that has helped reduce Vio Lence in ramada and but has triggered clashes for control of the vast desert area that Borders saudi Arabia and the islamic state in an umbrella group that includes warned militants were developing Lon term plans and tactics for a Lon term War of attrition against the in a statement posted on a militant web the marines do not confront the militants but they hide themselves behind thieves and Highway the group said in an apparent reference to the tribal shootings and mor tar attacks struck a series of other targets including a car bomb that exploded just before 5 in a residential area in the mixed sunni shiite neighbourhood of killing five civilians and wounding police another car bomb struck a com Mercial area at about the same time in the Eastern Baghdad area of killing two civilians and wounding police hours earlier after a suicide car bomber struck an iraqi Check Point As he emerged from an underpass in a predominantly sunni area in Western killing four people and wounding police the which occurred at 10 at an Interior ministry Check Point in Sisour Square in the Hart Hiyah caused part of the Road to buckle and destroyed the killing the two commandos and two civil the deaths raised to at least 104 american troops who have died in Iraq As april draws to a the deadliest month since when 112 Ameri cans the monthly death toll has topped 100 five other times since the Iraq War began in March according to an associated press count based on military at least members of the military have died since the War according to the a on iraqi commandos detained a suspected shiite Mili Tia Leader linked to death squad activities in the Basra according to a military state the military also said a joint american iraqi raid sunday was aimed at capturing High value individuals in Bagh dads heavily shiite District of a Zamiyah and the resulting clash killed one iraqi Soldier and eight hundreds of shiites waving iraqi flags and posters of a Sadr and his late father rallied monday outside a revered shiite mosque in Kaz Miyah to protest the raid As funerals were held for those in other Iraq violence mortar attacks targeting a residential area and a Coffee shop killed at least two civilians and wounded 14 in northeastern Bagh a Roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded two others in the Bayaa area in gunmen killed a retired Brig Adier from Saddam Hussein former army As he was driving in southwestern a member of the main kurdish political the Kurdistan democratic was shot to death in a drive by shooting near at least eight Bullet riddled Many bearing signs of Tor also were found in different including the body of another kurdish democratic party member who had been kid napped last week in associated press forces find bombs at rebuilt Iraq school stars and stripes soldiers in Baghdad have found and defused numerous improvised explosives planted in a school for girls that was set to re open later this military officials said soldiers with 2nd 8th cavalry 1st cavalry division searched the school in Tasmiyah after discovering a command wire leading from the schools outer perimeter to one of the rooms at the a news release the Huda girls school is located just North of Baghdad and was in the final stages of a reconstruction project led by the Tasmiyah officials this is the second time this month explosives have been found in the the release soldiers found five artillery shells fashioned into explosives in the in two Large explosive filled propane tanks were buried underneath the schools floor and numerous projectiles were Emp laced underneath electrical conduits in front of each the re lease officials attributed the planted explosives to members of al Aida in Brit army says Prince Harry going to Iraq by Darcy Doran the associated press London the head of the British army said monday that he had personally decided that Prince the third in line to the will serve with a com Bat unit in commanders reportedly had re considered their decision to allow the Prince to fight in Iraq for fear he would become a target of insurgents and his presence could endanger other harrys the blues and is due to begin a six month tour of duty in Iraq within Over the past two news papers have reported threats by iraqi insurgents to kill or Kidnap the including claims his photograph had been widely circulated among military chiefs acknowledge that Harry would be an attractive target and that his presence could Lead to a surge in attacks on British sir Richard Dannatt said the decision would be kept under but he hoped his state ment would end Media Specula Tion on harrys Clarence Prince Charles London would not comment on Dannatt