European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages funding crunch hits research of Roadside bombs Meigs by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the organization tasked with defeating Roadside bombs is temporarily Short on the joint red defeat organization has less than million available for new re tired Montgom Ery who Heads the said thurs he said the Tempo Rary funding shortfall wont Stop troops Down Range from getting train ing they but were not funding the programs that we the group received More than billion at the Start of the Fis Cal year for research and development of radio dispose detection devices and other ant bomb officials were promised another billion in the midyear supplemental but Law makers and president Bush clashed Over that measure after Congress tied the Money to a time line for withdrawing from Bush vetoed the first version of the funding and Congress is working on a new according to funding reports filed with Only about million of organizations billion in funds this year has actually been but Meigs said nearly All the rest has been committed to the which then award con Meigs said that leaves the group with a Cash flow Steven a budget stud ies expert at the Center for strategic and budgetary assess said the shortfall Doest come As a major since the Pentagon has been relying on supplemental funds to pay for Many programs in Iraq and of but this is the problem you run into when you fund anticipated nonemergency programs in an unanticipated emergency he at a Basic this program is a top priority if not the top priority right so youre sur prised they dont have All of their he but they have the ability to repro Gram other and so this should just be a temporary prob last Pentagon officials warned the delay in pass ing the fiscal 2006 supplemental budget might stall initiatives to fight Roadside but died do was Able to get temporary funding from Congress to continue its work without again this Jeddo is working with Congress to get million in temporary fund ing that come from the military services pay Ive got to convince them that we really need it and were work ing hard to maintain Good Faith with Meigs House armed services com Mittee officials said that request is under but could not offer a time line for when the Money will be Avail if that arrives before the supplemental Jeddo would repay that Money when the other billion stars and stripes reporter Leo Shane contributed to this email Jeff Schogol at  coalition forces kill insurgents caught firing antiaircraft guns by Drew Brown stars and stripes military officials in Baghdad said Friday that coalition forces killed an estimated 10 to 14 insurgents and captured eight others tuesday after they were spotted firing a truck mounted antiaircraft gun at a farmhouse Northeast of the military said intelligence reports and surveillance of a known Al Aida in Iraq meeting spot led troops to discover three two of which were mounted with antiaircraft artillery the vehicles were and after the insure gent started firing the guns at two it was determined that they were practising for possible future attacks against coalition according to a multinational Force Iraq news after the session was Over and the vehicles were away from any potential civilian a fixed Wing aircraft was called in to destroy one truck with an antiaircraft gun and two cars travel ing with the truck were the two other trucks fled in different but also were the two vehicles were both destroyed in a separate airstrike after the occupants abandoned them and troops followed a third vehicle until it stopped at a which was raided later that eight suspects were captured in the and one was treated for shrapnel wounds he received Dur ing the airstrike earlier in the a Grainy video posted on the Menfi web shows two trucks parked in a Rural desert the apparently shot from an aircraft circling shows one of the truck mounted guns firing at what appears to be an empty farm compound several Hundred meters at just Over a minute of a guided bomb comes streaking in from the upper lefthand Cor Ner of the a Large explosion the strike is then shown from a much closer after a Brief editing the video shows an other airstrike destroying the second gun the raid that captured the eight suspects was not in a Christopher an Menfi said the airstrikes caused significant damage and disruption to an organized antiaircraft cell in Anbar province and diminishes Al Vaidas ability to target Security forces protecting the people of the video can be seen at email Drew Brown at  no doubt that ant american iraqi cleric is living in official says by Anne Gearan the associated press Washington the United states knows for certain that Radi Cal iraqi cleric Muntada a Sadr is still living next door in a senior state department official said disputing aides to the ant american religious and Politi Cal we know Hes out of the coun we dont merely think said David Secretary of state condole Ezza rices top adviser for Hes in which is where he has been since in an interview with the associated Satterfield cited what he called several positive develop ments for forces and the iraqi government in Alsa drs alleged along with what he called political reversals for the i cant speculate on Why Muntada a Sadr has chosen to re Side in Satterfield i can Only note the political Circum Lawrence David the state departments top adviser for says the is positive that Radical cleric Muntada a Sadr is in officials have said that a Sadr slipped out of Iraq during preparations for president Bush 12weekold troop buildup and a joint Security sweep that was focused on chaotic they have not provided photos or other generally citing the sensitivity of intelligence gathering in a Sadr has not been seen in Public in either country for but his aides insisted As recently As last month that the cleric is in if it is not Clear his Home is in the 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