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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages Polar bears close in on sniper fort drum unit chases elusive shooter Southwest of Baghdad by Zeke Minaya stars and stripes car Ghouli Iraq the sniper has come roaming the Green farms and Lush Groves around car Ghouli roughly 30 Miles Southwest of the shooter has in the past four months whizzed a Bullet behind the head of a gunner crouched in a humvee struck a sergeant in the Chest plates of his Armor and miraculously passed a round through the goggles and Hel met of another Soldier without causing serious As far As military officials in the area Are the sniper has yet to kill but he proven himself Dan he has not been said 1st Greg of the 4th 31st infantry 2nd 10th Mountain i but he has had some impressive carriers the Polar bears out of fort drum in upstate new Are stationed in the area at a Small outpost dubbed Inchon and have been targeted by the in the Early morning hours the unit struck the Polar bears have been aggressively canvassing the looking for leads and collect ing detainees for the sniper was in the forces were a predawn Convoy was assembled to pay him an unannounced military officials would not release the snipers name but they said they believe the in his late 20s or Early is from the Vil Lage of roughly 300 witnesses have told forces that the shooter has been seen walking the Countryside carrying a weapon with a Short Magazine and a his investigators own several shops and tend the Fields the sniper the telltale signs of any however sub was Likely a Farmer himself before taking up to the daily routine of the they there Are several ways he could have devel oped his skill with a forces the area around car Ghouli is Dot Ted with lavish Homes of the former ruling elite of Sadd am Hussein a former member of Sadd ams army May have taken the shooter under his Wing and showed him How to stay out of there Are also manuals and television pro Grams that provide instruct officers for those who choose to train shooters hone their skills with Pellet guns before equipping them selves with deadly at first patrol base Inchon May seem like an enticing target for it is a Good example of the Forward Flung out posts called for under the recently implemented counterinsurgency though the base predates the new tactic by several in Chon is closer to the iraqi population and also closer to the men Are led Anivay for any women relatives present will protest with tears and soldiers not on this the women watched silently As the Brothers and father of the sniper were led we see the same people every Cartier in the predawn darkness a con Voy of soldiers wrapped around a crumbling two Story House in the Vil where they hoped to Corner the soldiers entered the House and isolated three men from a group of women on the first the detained men were the Brothers and father of the soldiers his wife was also among the she had slept alone that evening she told sol her who conies and goes at Days at a was not the sniper and his weapon were not the sol Diers took the detained men for further when men Are led away for any women relatives present will protest with tears and soldiers not on this the women watched silently As the Brothers a Rcv a Vav vvc4lwiitu Onelly Dali 1c u that pretty much the Way it is cart and father of the sniper were led Ier it comes they knew this was one Soldier but an attack against the base usually meets the sniper was nowhere to be found but the Polar bears expect him to make his presence known we have his family Here and we have some Cartier we can be at with a Swift soldiers the Small outpost allows for greater Speed and flex Bili theres More Freedom in moving forces Cartier the soldiers at the base also have gotten to know their area of operations we and notice the right place at the right time email Zeke Minaya at  afghan refugees wont go report says Pakistan a vast majority of the 2 million plus get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406  afghan refugees in Pakistan do not intend to return mostly because of Security but Pakistan still plans to repatriate them All within three officials said the government is pushing for the refugees to go Back to Afghani Stan largely in response to inter National criticism Over crossbow Der attacks by Taliban militants who Pakistan says often shelter in refugee but the escalating conflict in of where about peo ple have died in insurgency relat de violence this and the Lack of land and services for return has raised doubts about whether the plans Are a report issued thursday on a recent registration of afghan refugees found that 84 percent do not intend to re web email com i made in Brooklyn mothers Day Teddy bears up to 8feet tall fast worldwide shipping styles of giant stuffed animals of 41 percent cited insecurity As the primary reason double the figure recorded Dur ing a refugee census in three quarters of the registered refugees arrived in Paki Stan during the soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the most Are ethnic Pash tuns originating from afghan Border and 90 percent of the refugees say they have no land Sajid Hussain a top official at the minis try of states and Frontier re said the government was sticking to its target for All the refugees to be repatriated on a Volun tary basis by some million refugees joined the 15week registration which entitles them to stay in Pakistan until december of the who did not sign have since gone Back to those remaining face from the associated save thousands on your new car simple online ordering representatives in the Middle East to serve take delivery at you local in the free 4 year maintenance plan on All stateside deliveries overseas can be All us government card holders overseas Bow military sales serving the Best since philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Philippines mulls return of All citizens from Iraq the associated press Philippines Philip Pine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for a Quick reassess ment of whether philippine work ers in Iraq need to be repatriated As she grieved thursday Over the killing of a filipino contractor in a Baghdad rocket Arroyo ordered diplomatic and labor officials to immediately bring Home the body of the con who had worked for the government in Baghdad heavily fortified Green her Ignacio initial reports suggested four filipinos had died in the but the embassy in Baghdad later said Only one filipino was along with one worker from Nepal and two from the president is saddened at the Bunye adding the department of foreign affairs had been directed to conduct a Quick reassessment of the Situa Tion to determine whether filipino workers in Iraq need or want to be the ban on travel to Iraq stands and our nationals Are urged to take the necessary precautions for their safety while keeping in close touch with our embassy in he the Philippines banned deploy ment of workers to Iraq after insurgents abducted filipino truck Driver Angelo de la Cruz in july to save his Arroyo granted the kidnappers demand for the Early withdrawal of a Small Philip Pine peacekeeping contingent from Iraq a decision strongly criticized by Washington and other but applauded at despite the Many filipino workers Are believed to have slipped into Iraq through neigh Boring countries such As prompting the government to a peal to those countries to help Block such driving author dec Bow military Solus agent v Superior motors 00 973 17 813 fax 00 973 17 813 kingdom of Bahrain  
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