European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages British report 75 suspected Taliban dead by Fisnik Abrashid the associated press Sangin Afghani Stan carrying bundles and driving villagers trickled Back to damaged farmsteads tuesday after a lightning nato attack estimated to have killed 75 suspected Taliban including some local the latest Salvo in the alliances Campaign to win control of South Ern Afghanistan chalked up a Clear military the outcome of the tougher Battle for the hearts and minds of Ordi nary afghans remains the militants died when heavily armed Dan ish and afghan troops fought their Way up the Sangin Valley in Helmand Dominic who led a company of British troops in the told the associated Biddick said some of those killed monday were local men and that their families will Proba Bly be upset to find them afghan troops were meeting with residents about How to Bury the Biddick said the troops also detained several men and discovered an arms Cache during a full Day of fighting among the Val Leys walled compounds and opium poppy just one British Soldier was he without provid ing any details of his the operation went better than most people had anticipate Biddick told an a reporter travelling with his we Hope that the damage now is relatively minor compared to the benefits the operation will bring in the Long the toll of 75 which bid Dick said was an could not be verified it was the latest Indica Tion of How violence in Afghani Stan is escalating after a Winter More than people have died in insurgency related Vio Lence so far this including about 600 in according to an a tally based on reports from nato and coalition the violence has occurred across a Broad Swath of the Stryker operation deemed most successful of series by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes a month Long Clearing Mission in Bagh dads Mansour neighbourhood was the most successful of nine such operations conducted by the 3rd Stryker brigade combat 2nd infantry division to its Steve said As a result of the March 20april 29 operation Arrowhead Roadside bombs have been 42 terrorists were and enough weapons and explosives were captured to outfit an enemy infantry Battal Townsend told Pentagon re porters in a briefing from his Camp head the Mission went Well because this is the ninth one like this that weve Townsend so weve Learned a lot and got ten better at Townsend said the main reason the operation was so successful was because commanders decided to wait to bring in the strikers until the so called land owning military unit in the area to be cleared had time to become very familiar with the until these Clearing operations were specifically designed to introduce new landowner forces into their Townsend but those forces were less Able to assist us in areas unfamiliar to Stryker troopers because they were new to the area them Townsend for Arrowhead Howe the Dagger or 1st infantry divisions 2nd brigade combat team out of which is responsible for were veterans in their area of Townsend unlike most military Bri Gades doing rotations in the Arrowhead Stryker brigade is not a land meaning its not responsible for a neighbourhood or Townsend the strikers Are being used As a Mobile strike conducting Clearing operations or raids in cooperation with whatever military unit and iraqi army unit actually owns a Given he email Lisa Burgess at  unit lists items seized during raids Arrowhead Stryker brigade com Bat team officials provided a Complete list of All items Cap tured by troops during opera Tion Arrowhead the majority of items troops seize during raids Are taken to prevent future attacks on forces or iraqi officials like Docu ments and provide clues to insurgent but military regulations require that All items troops pick up no mat Ter How mundane must be to prevent accusations of Here is just a fraction of the hundreds of items listed on the single spaced list 226 ak47 assault rifles 9 rocket propelled grenade launchers 7 swords rounds used for ak47 As Sault rifles 12 Bir shot Shotgun rounds 2 rigged suicide vests 8 blocks of c4 a military plastic explosive 200 radio wrist watches can be used to make Roadside bombs 5 atropine injectors atropine is an antidote for nerve poisoning 49 iraqi army uniforms 50 cases of Johnny Walker and 100 cases of Smirnoff 1 Sun with bulletproof Glass 1 watch with iranian Symbol 1 Chai Tea set Lisa Burgess Fraidoon afghan police officers Are seen congregating in the Shi Dand District of Herat province where the coalition and afghan forces battled with Taliban insurgents monday in Herat West of feds bust Veteran wearing military medals he didst earn stars and stripes a Man accused of impersonating a decorated Green Beret officer faces up to a year in prison after the feds busted him for wearing military med als he haunt earned including a purple heart and Silver the new York Post reported the paper wrote that in order to dupe at least one military con tractor into hiring Louis Low Ell masqueraded As a lieutenant colonel but was Actu ally discharged As an army Pri vate in 1968 after serving in Viet prosecutors said based on his bogus the Post he was hired by underwater Marine Security com Pany cod octopus Usa for two six month according to the Manhattan Federal court com the Post reported that Mcguinn flaunted the medals at including a military meet Andgree at the Pierre prosecutors said until someone noticed that he was wearing his medals former captive British Sailor awaits new passport London one of the British sailors held captive by Iran has not returned to Iraq with his shipmates because he lost his the British military said operator Mechanic Arthur Batchelor remained in Britain while a new passport was being a defense ministry spokesman Well get him an emergency replacement As soon As we the spokesman British soldiers deployed abroad must carry pass ports in Case they need to use civilian the failure to return to Iraq with his Crew is the latest Embarrass ment for the British press has ridiculed him for his com plaints about treatment while in iranian hands and for his antics while on leave after his in an interview last Batchelor complained that his captors had taken his ipod and called him pictures later carried by the British appeared to show Batchelor joking about his capture with friends at a wearing a Blindfold and pretending to hold a gun to his from the associated press military services we do what we say say what we do from construction to maintenance from supplies to installation weve got it All located at Afghanistan Qatar Kuwait Iraq email us