European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 soldiers from company 2nd 7th infantry 4th brigade combat 1st cavalry division detain a Man they suspect is affiliated to Al Aida in 225 Miles Northwest of Baghdad on Maya kills senior Al Aida operative by Thomas Wagner the associated press Baghdad forces conducting a crackdown on Al Aida killed a senior member of the insurgent group who was responsible for the High profile kidnappings of several a military spokesman said thurs William Cald Well said the killing of Muharib Abdullatif described As a Laidas information minis had apparently led to con fused reports that Al Aida in Iraq top Leader or the head of an umbrella group of sunni insurgents had been the islamic state of Iraq con firmed in an internet statement that Aljubouri had been but denied the killing of its Abu Omar Caldwell said the military had conducted numerous operations against Al Aida Over the last six Days but does not have the bodies of a Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub Almasri and Doest know of any body that american and iraqi forces have stepped up operations against the terror network following a series of High profile car bombings and suicide attacks that have killed hundreds in recent despite a Security crackdown in Baghdad and surrounding in violence gunmen stormed the offices of the Independent Dillah radio station in a predominantly sunni area in Western killing two pm Ahmad William spokesman off the multinational Force Points to a map detailing recent military operations in in Baghdad on Plo yees and wounding then detonating a bomb that set the building on police a Tele vision news footage showed dam aged Furni Ture and bloodstains near the main Gate of the two Story a sunni Mohammed Khalil also was shot to death in a mosque in Northwest Ern while a mortar at tack struck a residential area in a shiite enclave in Southern Bagh killing at least one person Aljubouri and wounding police Northeast of the gun men stormed a Market in Bayou shooting to death a policeman wearing civilian clothes after a militant read a death sentence is sued by Al Aida and two shiite they then killed a police Man after he arrived at the scene to police in 40 Miles West of found nine bul let riddled bodies four Mem Bers of a sunni tribe that recently joined an Alliance against Al Aida in Iraq and five found near the tax Aljubouri was killed while try ing to resist detention in an opera Tion about four Miles West of a town near an air base North of Baghdad Early and the body was initially identified by then confirmed by Dan testing Caldwell said at a news Aljubouri was believed to have been deeply involved with the kidnapping of Christian Sci ence Monitor reporter Jill who was and Tom one of four men from the Chica go based peace group Christian peacemaker teams who was found fatally shot in Baghdad on March Caldwell Aljubouri also was involved in the kidnapping of two germans in january Caldwell on mourners Gath ered at Aljubouri House in Dulu 45 Miles North of As a huge funeral tent was being erected in the police a Man who claimed to be a rela Tive of Aljubouri confirmed Caldwell statement that forces had arrested Aljubouri As a suspected insurgent in 2003 and released him the next the relative said about 36 years old and a father of four Chil fled Dulu Yah in 2005 to avoid being rounded up by forces again and stepped up his work with the rela Tive spoke on condition of Anonym Ity out of concern for his own Safe Iraq Interior ministry said ear Lier thursday that the head of the islamic state of had been killed and released photos of what it said was the body of the Leader of the umbrella which includes but Caldwell said Al Baghdadi death could not be four foreign contractors killed in Baghdad Green zone by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes a rocket attack on the Green zone in Bagh dad on wednesday killed four foreign civilian contractors working for the the embassy in Baghdad said the four contractors one from the Philip one from Nepal and two from India were killed in the third straight Day of Indi rec fire attacks on the Green a heavily fortified area in downtown Baghdad that houses numerous and iraqi military and government while attacks on the Green zone had been relatively in recent weeks insurgents apparently have stepped up their ear Lier this iraqi government officials said Philippines reacts to contractor death see Page 5 at least 10 rounds struck the area in one though no injuries were in late two americans a ser Vic member and a civilian were killed in a rocket on april a suicide bomber infiltrated the Baghdad convention Center and blew up a bomb in the cafeteria of the iraqi killing himself and a an umbrella group of militants led by Al Aida in Iraq claimed responsibility for that according to the associated some filipinos work on military bases throughout Many serving As Cooks or on maintenance in july the Philip Pine government officially banned filipinos from working in the country after a truck Driver named Angelo de la Cruz was the philippine government agreed to the Early withdrawal of a Small contingent of troops in return for his which happened about eight months after de la Cruz was despite the official filipinos who were working in Iraq before the decree have been allowed to officials Many philippine workers from neighbouring Middle East countries still Cross into Iraq looking for email Joseph Giordono  deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press the figure includes seven military at least died As a result of hos tile according to the the a count is one higher than the defense depart ments last updated wednesday at 10 the British military has re ported 147 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 Den six Al five four three thai two each and Roma one the latest deaths reported by the military two soldiers were killed wednesday when their vehicle struck an explosive in Southern a Soldier died wednes Day when her vehicle struck an explosive in Western Bagh the latest identifications re ported by the military three army soldiers were killed saturday by a Roadside bomb and Small arms fire in Salman All As signed to the 1st 15th infantry 3rd brigade combat 3rd infantry fort Ben were identified As Glenn Hicks College Texas Jayd Orn Byad Cole forces arrest 11 suspected militants Baghdad forces arrested 11 militants suspected of building bombs and helping foreign fighters in a series of arrest raids in Iraq that ended Early military officials the military said it raided four buildings wednesday after noon in the Northern City of arresting three suspected in two other raids near the town of 50 Miles West of troops arrested eight More suspected militants who they believed used chlorine in their attacks on coalition the military the troops also found bomb making material and antiaircraft Wear the military said in a state from the associated press