European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 go killed while searching for 3 missing comrades by Robert Reid the associated press Baghdad a Soldier was killed and another seriously wounded saturday while search ing for three comrades missing for a week after an and gunmen wearing iraqi army uni forms shot and killed 15 men sat urday in a kurdish shiite Village Northeast of the command reported saturday that six More american soldiers were All but one the Day one Soldier was killed saturday by a Roadside bomb South of the Mili tary the others died Friday one in the Western province of one by Small arms fire South of Baghdad and two by a Roadside bomb and Small arms fire in the Northwestern part of the no More details were officials said the Soldier who died saturday was killed while searching for three 10th Mountain division troopers abducted a week ago in an attack in which four americans and an iraqi were another Soldier was seriously wounded during saturdays the officials the military said it has expanded the search for the soldiers beyond the farming area just South of Baghdad where the May 12 attack nine people were taken into custody in the town of a longtime sunni insurgent following tips and information leads in the disappearance of three tribes in the Amariyah area Are related to those who live close to where the soldiers were seized in an attack in which four troops and one iraqi were in troops arrested two people in bad Cuba associated with the Al Aida command the bad Cuba is 35 Miles Northeast of and it was unclear whether their arrest was directly related to the search for the missing deaths Iraq As of at least members of military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military at least died As a result of hostile according to the Mili Tarys the a count is 14 higher than the defense departments last updated Friday at 10 am the British military has re ported 148 deaths 33 18 20 bulgar 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three two each and one death the latest deaths reported by the military three soldiers were killed Friday in Dyala province when their vehicle struck an expo two were killed thursday in separate attacks in Southern the latest identifications re ported by the military army Anthony Carson killed May 12 in Tara by Auto Matic fire and explosives As signed to the 4th 31st infantry 2nd brigade combat 110th Mountain fort Afghanistan and other areas As of at least 323 Bers of the military have died in Pakistan and Uzbekistan As a result of the invasion of Afghanistan in late according to the de sense the depart ment last updated its figures May of the military reports 201 were killed by hostile a outside the afghan the defense department re ports More members of the military died in support of operation enduring of two were the result of hostile the military lists these other locations As Guantanamo Bay naval Cuba Djibouti Eri trea Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Philippines Seychelles Sudan Tajikistan tur key and there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civilian the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military army staff Joshua Long killed tuesday in by Small arms fire assigned to the 1st 7th special forces fort from the associated press Maya army Brandon from off Delta 4th 31st infantry 2nd 10th Mountain wipes the sweat from his brow during a patrol in Quarg huli near on Green zone is hit during Blair visit an Alsaid linked group has claimed responsibility for the kid the focus of the search is around the Village of 12 Miles South of where the soldiers were captured follow ing an attack on their observation the attack against a kurdish shiite Village occurred Early Satur Day when gunmen wearing army uniforms entered the Village of Hamid about 60 Miles North East of they roasted families from their Homes and opened fire on the killing 15 of an iraqi general and a kurdish political party the victims were kurdish Shi according to a statement posted on the web site of the patriotic Union of Petraeus soldiers kidnappers idd by Robert Reid the associated press Baghdad the top commander in Iraq said he believes he knows who kidnapped three soldiers last weekend and that at least two of them Are still the army times newspaper re we know who that Guy David Petrae us said in an interview posted saturday on the army times web he did not give the mans name but described him As sort of an affiliate of Hes the big player Down in that weve tangled with him forces have been searching for the three since they went missing May 12 after a predawn attack on their observation position about 20 Miles South of four soldiers and an iraqi were killed in the according to the Petraeus said he did not know for certain whether the three 10th Mountain division soldiers were As of this we thought there were at least two that were probably still he at one Point in time there was a sense that one of them might have but again we just dont Petraeus spoke with the army times late Fri his staff according to the army Petraeus said an informant passed on the information about who probably led the somebody Given us the names of All the Guys that participated in it and told us How they did and All the rest of that he we have to verify that at some Point in but it sounds spot weve had All kinds of tips Down we just tragically Haven found the i divid by David Stringer the associated press Baghdad British prime minister Tony Blair made one last visit to Iraq before leaving of fice next promising Iraq leaders saturday that they can count on British support even As an explosion hit the British embassy compound just before they met Security officials the one of three explosives fired into the increasingly targeted Green under scored the violence that continues to plague the the barrage wounded one said embassy spokesman Lou when Blair visited British forces in Southern Iraq later in the two mortar rounds exploded causing no Brit ish military officials Blair appeared a flustered by the attacks and shrugged his shoulders to waiting who was on his seventh visit said he believed Security was but acknowledged that shelling and bombings were still a daily part of every time there is an attempt to make of course the terrorists redouble their and our response should not be then to walk away or to give it should be to stand up to because they dont represent the True will of the iraqi he standing with iraqi prime min ister Nouri Almalik and iraqi president Jalal Talaban at a news Confer Blair appeared irritated at repeated questions about the High lev Els of Vio Lence Blair said the next Brit ish govern which will be headed current Treasury chief Gordon will continue to support Iraq after Blair leaves office in the policy that i pursued is a policy for the whole of the govern so even when i leave office i am sure that that steadfast sup port will he Blair said he urged the two iraqi leaders to Speed up reconciliation Between Iraq divided communities by calling new provincial elections and increasing efforts to bring tribal leaders and others linked to violence into the political Blair