European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 five dead in attack on patrol search on for 3 missing in Iraq by Thomas Wagner the associated press Baghdad seven sol Diers and an iraqi army interpreter came under attack saturday morning during a patrol in a sunni insurgent stronghold South of leaving five dead and three the military troops were searching for the three using drone jets and checkpoints throughout the according to the state soldiers were also asking local leaders for after the predawn attack near about 20 Miles South of Baghdad in a sunni insurgent stronghold dubbed the Trian Gle of nearby units heard explosions and a drone plane later observed two burning Lehi the statement troops who arrived later found five of the soldiers the other three members of the patrol were according to the state from William the chief military spokesman in the military refused to specify whether the iraqi interpreter was among those killed or among the citing make no mistake we will never Stop looking for our sol Diers until their status is definitively and we continue to Pray for their Safe Caldwell an iraqi army speaking Khalid iraqi soldiers inspect a damaged Bridge Over the Dyala River in South Ern Baghdad on twin suicide car bombers struck police checkpoints at Bridges in a predominantly shiite area of Baghdad on killing at least on condition of anonymity be cause he was not authorized to Dis close the also said joint forces were con ducting House House searches in the area and All roads had been closed to the military on saturday also announced the death of an Ameri can Soldier mortally wounded in a bomb attack Friday near Iskandar 30 Miles South of in the iraqi police on saturday closely guarded two Bridges damaged by suicide car bombers in what appears to be a new strategy by suspected sunni insurgents of targeting Cross overs in the in another the new York times reported Satur Day that a draft of a new Ameri can government report says that Between and barrels of Iraq declared Oil production of 2 million barrels a Day Over the past four years is Unac counted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or the and iraqi govern ments Are under pressure to show Progress in Iraq by raising Oil which has been Well below the goal of 3 Mil lion barrels a virtually the entire Economy of Oil Rich Iraq is dependent on Oil shiite seeks pact to define Iraq roles Baghdad the Leader of Iraq largest shiite political party on saturday called for a Security agreement to be negotiated Between Iraq and forces to outline the authorities of each Side in a further indication of growing frustration Over americas role in Abdulaziz Alhakim did not give More details of the proposed but he has in the past repeat edly complained that the Mili Tarys Lead in the fight against sunni insurgents hampered the work of Iraq shiite dominated Security contending they were better qualified to fight the insurgents Given their knowledge of the terrain and Alhakim has been firm that and other foreign troops in Iraq should not leave before the country fledgling Security forces Are compe tent enough to take Over the responsibility for we Are working toward reach ing a Security agreement to de Fine the authority of each Alhakim told a news conference after a today meeting of his the supreme Council for the islamic revolution in the associated press Iraq adopts objection to City Walls Baghdad Iraq Parlia in a Stormy session Satur adopted a Resolution object ing to the construction of Security Walls around Baghdad neighbor hoods and calling on prime minis Ter Nouri Almalik to testify about Security issues in the coun construction of the Walls particularly in the Baghdad neighbor Hood of Adham Yah has been criticized by residents and sunni clerics who say it is a form of Sec tarian even followers of Radical shiite cleric Muntada a Sadr com fearing their strongholds in the capital will soon be split by the and iraqi officials have de fended the construction of the bar which began last As a temporary measure to protect the neighbourhood during the 12weekold Security crackdown in when the Wall is Fin Adham Yah will be gated and checkpoints manned by iraqi soldiers will be the Only the military stressing that the decision was made in co ordination with the but the local anger has prompted a political last a said he had ordered a halt to the construction in but his aides later said he was responding to exaggerated Media reports and that construction would on parliament took up the measure in a raucous ses Sion that included debate on the continuing military presence in Security raids and human rights they Security Walls dont protect residents because these areas Are shelled by mortars and Katusha rockets will they build roofs too said kurdish Law maker Mahmoud we must build Bridges Between the different not build Walls to separate the associated press bomb kills eight afghan police Taliban blamed the associated press Afghanistan a Roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying police men in Southern Afghanistan on kill ing police the attack happened on the outskirts of the City of and the provincial police is Maturah blamed the Taliban for although he offered no evidence to Back up his of Taliban Are behind this he Alizai provided no further and Only said officers were still Kandahar used to be the stronghold of Afghanistan former Taliban which was ousted by attacks mowing the attacks in the United since Taliban have been attacking afghan Security forces and police to Force them to abandon their support for president Hamid Karrais also on afghan lawmakers voted to oust the foreign minister Over the mishandling of an influx of afghan refugees from neighbouring although president Hamid Karzai said his top Diplomat would remain pending a supreme court the country intelligence mean said afghan and coalition forces killed 77 suspected Taliban militants in Southern Afghanistan in the past driving the militants put of a District in Helmand a coalition spokesman said the operations had resulted in a significant number of militant but did not give foreign minister Rangeen Dadfar Santa received 141 no Confidence votes in the 249member lower House of parliament on sat urday following a vote thursday that was just shy of the necessary said Abdul Qayum a lawmaker from Ghazi prov Karrais office said the president wanted the supreme court to decide if lawmakers can oust a minister for an Issue not directly related to his Santa will remain in his Job until that Karzai lawmakers on thursday ousted repatriation and refugee minister Mohammad Akbar Akbar Over the refugee thousands of afghans pushed out of Iran Are living in the afghan Border province of Nimrod without angering lawmakers who said the ministers should have stood firm against the Karzai said he would respect the lawmakers decision concerning deaths Iraq 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 hostile according to the Mili Tarys the a count is four higher than the defense depart ments last updated Fri Day at 10 the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed thurs Day in an explosion in Dyala a Soldier was killed thurs Day when a bomb exploded near his patrol in Eastern Bagh the latest identifications re ported by the military army Roy Jones Houston died thurs Day in Diw Aniyah of Small arms fire assigned to the 984th military police Compa 759th military police Bat fort army Jason died thursday in bad Cuba when an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 5th Bat 20th infantry regi 3rd 2nd infantry fort army Bradly Coeur d Idaho died wednesday near Alwillah when an explosive detonated near his vehicle As signed to the 2nd 1st special forces fort two soldiers died tuesday in Salman Pak when an explosive detonated near their vehicle both were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters 3rd brigade combat 3rd infantry i fort killed were army Blake army Kyle West Afghanistan and other areas As of at least 320 members of the military have died in Paki Stan and Uzbekistan As a result of the invasion of Afghani Stan in late according to the defense the department last updated its figures May of the military reports 200 were killed by hostile outside the afghan the defense department re ports 61 More members of the military died in support of operation enduring of two were the result of hostile there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civilian the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths reported the latest identifications re ported by the military no identifications report the associated press