European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages Petraeus responds to Tell troops to fight by the rules by Robert Reid the associated press Baghdad the top commander in Iraq reminded troops thursday they must fight by the rules after a Pentagon sur vey found Many of them support torture in certain cases and would not report a Comrade for killing or wounding in a letter to servicemen David Petraeus said that adhering to High moral values distinguishes us from our enemy and is essential to win Ning support among the iraqi population the Cornerstone of the new counterinsurgency Strat by Petraeus said a Laidas indiscriminate at tacks had finally begun to turn a substantial proportion of the iraqi population against this fight depends on secur ing the which must understand that we not our ene occupy the moral High he said in the addressed to air marines and coast guards men serving in the associated press obtained a copy of the which was dated Petraeus message followed a Pentagon Survey which found that fewer than half of marines and a Little More than half of army soldiers said they would re port a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent More than 40 percent support the idea of torture in some and 10 percent reported personally abusing the Pentagon said last week in releasing its first ethics study of troops in Iraq and Petraeus the Survey found that 44 per cent of marines and 41 percent of soldiers said torture should be Al Lowed to save the life of a Soldier or thirty nine percent of marines and 36 percent of sol Diers said torture should be Al Lowed to gather important information from Only 47 percent of the soldiers and 38 per cent of marines surveyed said noncombatants should be treated with dignity and about a third of them said they had insulted or cursed at civilians in their in the Petraeus said he understood that watching a fellow trooper killed by a Barbaric enemy can spark anger and a desire for immediate hard As if might we must not let these emotions Lead us or our comrades in arms to commit illegal he in the event that we witness or hear of such a we must not let our Bonds prevent us from speaking the general also reminded troops that torture is not Only Ille Gal but often produces information of questionable we Are engaged in we must pursue the enemy relentlessly and we must be violent at Petraeus what sets us apart from our enemies in the is How we 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 i at least died As a result of hostile according to the military the a count Jug one higher than the defense departments last updated thursday at 10 the British military has reported 148 deaths 33j 18 20 13 u Al five four two each Ana one death the latest deaths reported by the military Soldier died thursday in Baghdad of wounds suffered from smack arms fire in so Kuer was a Jude thursday by Small arms fire in Southern the latest identifications reported by the military Marine Lance Walter died wednesday in Anbar province assigned to 2nd 6tfc Marine 2nd Marine u my ring Forejt Camp i army Dan sugar died tues Day to Tanur from Small arms assigned to cavalry 3rd brigade combat 1st cavalry fort Tern had women and children look at shrapnel and a Bullet Shell As they inspect damage following an airstrike that killed three armed in shiite slum of Sadr City in Baghdad on fearing says still needed in Iraq the associated press Iraq worried about growing opposition in the Congress to funding for said Fri Day that he believed and British troops would need to stay in Iraq for one or two More years to help Stem surging Jalal Talaban told students at the University of Cambridge that All of Iraq was safer because of sad dam Hussein ouster and that Many people were Liv ing Normal i think within one or two years we will be Able to recruit our forces and prepare our armed forces and Tell goodbye to our he the iraqi president also spoke of his concern Over growing opposition from democratic lawmakers in the United states to funding the War without a Clear timetable for the withdrawal of american we Are Talaban we Hope that Congress will review this decision and help the Amer ican army to stay until the iraqi army will be Able to replace them and to protect the Security of two suicide car bombers struck Check Points at Baghdad Bridges within minutes of each other killing at least 18 people despite in creased american efforts to target the insurgent net works planning deadly vehicle the military announced earlier Friday that it had conducted a series of raids against car bombing networks across the killing four suspected insurgents and detaining forces have focused on disrupting car bomb making factories after several High profile at tacks that have killed hundreds in Baghdad and sur rounding areas in recent officials say Alsaid linked sunni insurgents were trying to provoke retaliatory violence from mainly shiite militias that had agreed to Lay Low to avoid confrontations with americans during a 12weekold Security the twin attacks began about 6 when the Driver of a Sedan waiting in a line of cars outside a police checkpoint near the old Dyala Bridge blew up his partially collapsing the police about two minutes the Driver of a Large fuel truck barrelled toward a second checkpoint at the nearby new Dyala Bridge and blew up his police the Bridge was also and fire fighters worked to extinguish burning cars that had been driving across during the Khalid a local resident who was waiting to Cross the Bridge during the first was wounded in his shoulder and i was four cars behind the car bomb that exploded and caught i fainted and i opened my eyes in the he the bombings at the which Cross the Day Ala a Tigris killed 18 including eight police and wounded 24 police forces have staged several raids in the area in recent weeks aimed at the terror networks Leader including one in which they killed Al Aida propagandist Muharib Abdullatif Aljubouri earlier this forces also carried out raids in Baghdad and the Northern City of Mosul on thursday and de Taining a total of nine people suspected of producing bombs and smuggling foreign fighters into the coun try to carry out attacks against the Mili tary two soldiers were killed in separate bombing the military announced one Soldier from the multinational Divi Sion North was killed thursday in an explosion in Dyala Northeast of the military the second Soldier was killed in Eastern Bagh dad when a bomb exploded near his the Mili tary Mixon More troops needed in Dyala province the associated press commander in North Ern Iraq said Friday that he Doest have enough troops for the Mission in increasingly violent Dyala Benjamin Mixon also said that iraqi government officials Are not moving fast enough to provide the most powerful weapon against insurgents a government that works and supplies ser vices for the Mixon has already received extra but Vio Lence in Dyala is on the he both because More militants have moved in and because coalition forces Are taking the the is taking increasing casualties in one Soldier was killed thursday from an explosion during combat operations in the province one was killed and four others were wounded tuesday in a shooting attack and six soldiers were killed Sun Day when a massive bomb destroyed their i do not have enough soldiers right now in Dyala province to get that Security situation Mixon we have plans to put additional forces in that he declined to give details but said he has asked Raymond the 2 commander in for More i Laid out a plan for general Odierno on the num Bers of forces that i would Mixon told Penta gon reporters by video conference from