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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 16, 2007

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 7 ambushed soldiers were 10th Mountain families identify two of four killed in Mahmud Yah attack 3 still missing the associated press fort the seven american victims of a weekend ambush in Iraq were members of the 10th Mountain divisions 2nd brigade combat army officials in Iraq said the attack near in a sunni stronghold 20 Miles South of left four soldiers and an iraqi translator and three other soldiers on the Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that it believes the missing soldiers Are in terrorist the islamic state of Iraq an Al Aida front group that has claimed to have captured the soldiers has warned the to Stop its Mas Sive search for the military officials have not re leased the names of the soldiers but confirmed they were As signed to company 4th Battal 31st infantry Nick named the Polar said staff sgt Angela a pub lic affairs officer at the multinational division Headquarters in fort drum commanders referred All questions about Satur Days incident to army officials in families of the soldiers re leased the names of two of the dead on monday 1st class James David Connell of Lake and Daniel of Connelly family Learned of his death saturday they the Soldier had just recovered from a shrapnel wound to the leg and had visited his family on leave earlier this the fam ily is now planning a memorial service in Lake City and a burial at Arlington National according to his Jeff con in proud of my because he didst really fight for he fought for the con Nells teenage court told Knoxville in students at Maple Valley High school created a me Morial for who graduated in 2005 and was Well known in the Small Community South West of he was a Mem Ber of the schools track and soc cer teams and played clarinet in the its a tribute of Post plaques and a picture of him in his school official Kelly Zank told the associated press on his death was announced Mon Day Over the schools Public address and a moment of silence was she Courneya Wendy the said his called family members saturday night to Tell them he had been Thompson said her Hus army David Thomp was in Iraq and returning Home after learning of his step sons if All three soldiers now miss ing were taken it would be the biggest single abduction of soldiers in Iraq since March when Jessica Lynch and six others were captured in an ambush near Nasar Yah that also left 11 americans bringing smiles to their Day and his Carrie of the air Force Petty officer 3rd class Brandon of combined joint task Force Horn of plays with a group of kids during a trip to a Djibouti Rivera and other service members from Camp lemonier Volunteer at the abuse suspected As Iraq jails overflow amid Security sweep by Joshua Partlow the Washington Post Baghdad the capture of thousands of new suspects under the three Montgold Baghdad Security plan has overwhelmed the iraqi governments de Tention forcing hundreds of people into Over crowded according to iraqi and Western nearly people were in iraqi run detention police stations and other holding cells As of the end of according to a re port issued last an increase of More than from the end of the military said late last week that it was holding about up More than since the and iraqi governments began implementing the Security plan in estimates of those inside iraqi where re ports of beatings and torture Are vary widely because detainees Are dispersed among hundreds of locations run by different the military holds detainees at two main Camp Bucca in Southern Iraq and Camp Cropper near and officials say they Are committed to avoiding the abuses that occurred at the Abu go Raib prison following the 2003 Iraq prisons for convicted criminals Are Man aged by the Justice but because of crowd ing in iraqi army detention authorities have transferred Many untried detainees to live with con we made some space for but now our space is said Deputy Justice minister push Ibrahim Ali Daza referring to the he added this is their not in an interview at his Baghdad said the Justice ministry had taken in such detainees from the military from the Start of the Security plan in february through april an influx that now accounts for More than 15 percent of the ministry prison the reason Why theres More detainees is be cause theres More forces on the both iraqi and out there doing so youve got More people to go out and detain said Joseph chief of staff for the top american military Field commander in the Bottom line is we have More than we can handle col the iraqi Constitution mandates that documents outlining the preliminary investigation must be submitted to a judge within 24 hours of a suspects a with a possible Extension of another but the flood of prisoners has worsened a situation in which Many often wait weeks or months before their cases Are to filter through the rapidly growing list of detain authorities have dispatched teams of prosecutors and investigators known As Tiger teams to determine whether there is enough Evi Dence in a Case to hold the according to a Western official in Baghdad familiar with the prison but the teams cannot keep up with the in human rights officials say Justice ministry facilities offer the Best an iraqi prisoner can Hope As they generally meet International standards for space and but officials Are increasingly concerned about the detention Camps run by the iraqi army and the Interior which Over sees the police in several officials raised concerns about a detention Center in a a predominantly shiite neighbourhood of Northern the built to hold about 400 is said to House More than with juveniles mixed into the officials some former inmates at Kadhi Miyah have told human rights officials that they were they described routine ill treatment or abuse while they were said a official in Bagh dad who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the routine sus pension by limbs for Long electric Shock treatment to sensitive parts of the threats of ill treatment of close in one one of the detainees said that he was forced to sit on a Sharp object which caused an Tel 00 973 1781 1 370 fax 00 9731 email Saab is celebrating the 60th anniversary 60 production slots available up to 50 discount on certain options and packages save thousands on your loaded Saab for a limited period first first served Saab map often never bettered  
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