European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 Hadi a resident inspects damage following an airstrike that killed three armed insurgents in the shiite slum off Sadr City in Baghdad on thurs three civilians were injured in the raid and treated by a statement from the military 3 militants killed in Sadr City raid chases weapons smugglers iraqis say airstrike kills civilians by Ravi Nessman the associated press forces conducted a raid in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City Early killing three Mili Tants in an Effort to break up a cell accused of smuggling weapons from Iran to fight the military the raid was part of the military 12weekold Baghdad Security meant to tackle the sunni led insurgents and Shi Ite militias and bring order to the Vio Lence racked iraqi just after a joint Force on a raid in the Southern part of the shiite slum of Sadr City came under fire from two the military said in a after a the soldiers called in an airstrike that killed three armed it the Force was searching for a cell suspected of smuggling including the devastating explosively formed Pene from the military the group also was accused of sending Mili Tants to Iran for the military the Force detained four of the suspected militants during the the military military officials have said for months that Iran is giving Aid to shiite Mili which Are blamed for much of the Sec tarian violence in iraqi police and medical officials said the airstrike damaged three houses and killed eight civilians and wounded nine the reason for the discrepancy in the two accounts was not immediately local officials also said an american tank smashed a mourning tent that had been erected to hold bereaved guests of a recently deceased injuring three people who were sleeping footage from a television news showed a collapsed with its Metal sup port posts Bent and the plastic chairs in Side the military did not com ment on the an Al Aida front Organiza the islamic state of posted a video showing the execution of nine iraqi Security officers who were lined up Blind folded with their hands bound behind them and shot in the Back of the the insurgent group had issued a video tuesday threatening to kill the men unless the government released All sunni Muslim women from iraqi prisons and handed Over those who raped the iraqi woman and killed our Brethren in Tal the group had Given a 72hour also the military announced that a Marine was killed in fighting wednesday in the volatile Anbar province West of the who was assigned to Multi National was killed while conducting combat according to a state the marines identity was not released pending notification of Cheney salutes troops on extended deployment by Omraam the associated press Camp Iraq vice presi Dent Dick Cheney saluted troops stationed near former iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein Hometown on thursday and de fended the Bush administrations recent decision to extend military deployments As vital to the the army and the country appreciate the extra Burden you Cheney he vowed to stay on the offensive de spite growing Public opposition in the United states to the War and efforts by the democratic majority in Congress to restrict Cheney spent the night on the about seven Miles from Saddam former Hometown and an area populated mostly by minority party Cheney had break fast with troops and participated in Classi fied briefings from military it was a Good report and i come away with even More appreciation for All you and greater Confidence for the Days Cheney Between and troops Are stationed at the which is on the grounds of the former iraqi air Force Academy and is about 100 Miles North of where Cheney spent it was the first time Cheney spent the night in and his whereabouts were closely guarded by the White House until thursdays speech to the Cheney spoke to several thousand mostly army forces in a huge tent that is scheduled to be a he was enthusiastically cheered and greeted when he stepped up on but Only politely applauded when he talked about deployment he arrived at Abu Dahabi in the United Arab emirates to a red carpet Wel the vice president is on a we Klong tour of the Middle East that will also take him to saudi Egypt and on he will visit troops on the air Craft Carrier uss John Stennis in the persian extremists from inside and outside the country want to stir an endless Cycle of Vio and Al Aida is operating and trying to open new Cheney some seem to have no interest in seeing the Emer gence of a secure and democratic a violent minority is trying to tear Down the institutions of peaceful self government that iraqis Are trying to he deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least Mem Bers of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press the figure includes seven military i at least died As a result of hostile according to the Mili Tarys the a count is eight higher than the defense departments last updated wednesday at 10 the British military has reported 148 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 six Al five four three Netherlands and two each and Hun Kazakhstan and one death the latest deaths reported by the Mili tary a Soldier was killed tuesday in Day Ala the latest identifications reported by the military include six soldiers who died sunday in a Azubah when an explosive detonated near their killed were army staff Vincenzo army Jason army Joel Sandia army Matthew army Anthony san army Michael these additional identifications were reported army staff Virgil West died sunday in Kadhi Miyah from an explosive and Small arms fire in Baghdad assigned to the 1st 7th Field artillery Reg 2nd brigade combat 1st in Fantry army Sameer died sunday in Benji from injuries sustained from an Inci Dent not related to combat assigned to the 1st 505th Parachute infantry 3rd brigade combat 82nd airborne fort army Robert min died sunday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 1st 4th cavalry 4th brigade combat 1st infantry fort iraqi lawmakers Back pullout the associated press Baghdad a majority of iraqi Law makers endorsed a draft Bill calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and demanding a freeze on the num Ber already in the lawmakers said the legislation was being discussed even As lawmakers were locked in a dispute with the White House Over their Call to Start reducing the size of the Force in the coming the proposed iraqi drafted by the parliamentary bloc Loyal to ant american shiite cleric Muntada was signed by 144 members of the 275member said Nassar the Leader of the sadist