European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages Blue Spader killed in Baghdad by Mark stars and stripes a Germany based infantry battalion has lost one of its the Penta gon said Nicholas of Rome died monday in of wounds result ing from a grenade and Road Side bomb attack on him and others in his a member of 1st 26th infantry regiment Blue Hartge was the 15th Spader killed since the unit deployed to Iraq in August the 2nd Dagger brigade combat 1st infantry i which 126 Falls has now lost 35 in Iraq for roughly nine the brigade is scheduled to come Home sometime in giving it about five More months Hartges Dave a of Rome told the associated press that he and the rest of his family were notified monday saying Hartge was killed at while he was either on a raid or conducting a Only Hartge had graduated from East Noble High school two years he had taken mid tour leave in he believed in what he was Abbott told he Felt they were really helping the Abbott also said that the events on sept were what drove his son to become a if s All about Abbott said it was the driving Force behind his he always wanted to do something Hartges father he was Adamant about being in the there was nothing going to Stop a memorial service for Hart be has not yet been said a spokesman from the sch Weinfurt Public affairs email Mark St Iain stations keeping ramada Calm next step is getting iraqis to help themselves by Teri Weaver stars and stripes iraqi All Ian Lauer did was Point at the and it blew Lauer was scouting a Road South of ramada in february for a location for a new joint Security an outpost that houses iraqi and forces in the midst of communities suffering from i he pointed at the school As a he never meant to put a Security Force the bad who had a City full of weapons stockpiles and even a makeshift car bomb factory in ramada Back must have seen or heard about the Fin Lauer a few Days the school was de by the Effort to clean the City had begun to and some of the insurgents moved into layers Small pockets to the the insurgents moved past the bombed school and Down a Southern Road that led to four that Road be came pockmarked with expo including one just two weeks ago that took both legs from one of layers but by Early iraqi and forces had cleared that South photos by Teri and stripes two american soldiers talk to an iraqi police about plans to secure the Suwa joint Security about six Miles South of Rama Dis City the Suwa station is meant to Anchor Security on a Road that leads through four in late a Soldier lost both his legs there in a Roadside bomb by May the Road had been cleared of four iraqi run checkpoints were in and coalition forces were making plans to improve their a former Ern and they had flushed the insurgents and their weapons out of the farmhouses and four iraqi run checkpoints Dot the entrances and exits to four villages to control Access to the and of White Bear and an iraqi police major live at the Security Sta its a logistical and psycho logical move to show the local res the 17th Street station in ramada has been open since the four Story building is Home to a company of marines and dozens of iraqi police the staffs live on opposite wings of the building but Are constantly in and out of each others command the marines have a an internet cafe and this television dents that the authorities want Security to in downtown marines have been living at similar stations since late last the 17th Street one of the big has an internet a weight a Chow Hall and a television this is our said 1st sgt Scott the senior enlisted Marine for company 3rd Bat 7th Marine who took Over a couple of weeks ago for an outgoing Marine a hot meal is brought in each Day laundry is sent visits to nearby Camp ramada happen in weve got every thing but another Marine the Suwa where Lauer is in the beginning so platoons Are rotating in a week at a living in newly constructed the station itself is a former farmhouse where the floors Are save one room with a Bare Cement the family agreed to rent it to the americans after their son was killed in the House next a Generator pow ers a two a communications a couple of fluorescent lights and a win Dow air conditioning unit that occasionally blows through fabric softener sheets to soften the As Lauer and Sabah Yusif the iraqi police work to secure the station and the surrounding the villages Are working on their own Lauer and other military officers the commander of com Pany 1st 77th Armor is one of the offic ers in the area working to get the iraqis to help he has a Small fund to pay for Day a prize to residents who come out to help clean readjust string wire on a recent Day in a neighbourhood in people turned out to during a cleanup in layers area South of Only Chil Dren did the work while their parents the Captain As he paid the he he won dered at the Impact of inflation from the Bills on a Village theres another project happen ing in the area that involves More than a nonprofit is paying about to help rebuild the the one Lauer pointed he cheered As he Rode by the construction site last email Teri Weaver at  Bow military free 4 Yeai Man plan on All stateside driving in Ueall us government i 0 card holders overseas Bow military sales serving the Best since in Bow Superior motors 00 973 17 813 fax 00 973 17 813 kingdom of Bahrain