European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 new strategy for War stresses political path the Washington Post Washington top commanders and diplomats in Iraq Are completing a far reach ing Campaign plan for a new laying out military and political goals and endorsing the selective removal of hardened sectarian actors from Iraq Secu Rity forces and the classified scheduled to be finished by May is a joint Effort by David the senior american general in and ambassador Ryan More than half a dozen people with knowledge of the plan discussed its Al though most asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it to the overarching aim of the which sets goals for the end of this year and the end of is More political than military to negotiate settlements Between War ring factions in Iraq from the National level Down to the local in it is As much about the political deals needed to defuse a civil War As about the Mil itary operations aimed at quelling a Complex said officials with knowledge of the the plan the plan has three pillars to be carried out simultaneously shifting emphasis of Mili tary operations away from transitioning to iraqi Security forces toward protecting Iraq population in trouble emphasizing building the governments capacity to fun purging Iraq leadership of a Small but influential num Ber of officials and command ers whose sectarian and Crimi Nal agendas Are thwarting the groundwork for the Campaign plan was Laid out in an assessment formulated by Petrae us senior counterinsurgency and David with about 20 military state depart ment officials and other experts in Baghdad known As the joint strategic assessment their finished last was approved by Petrae us and Crocker As the basis of a formal Campaign plan that will As sign tasks for military commands and civilian agencies in deaths in Iraq the associated press 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 two lower than the defense departments last updated the latest identifications re ported by the military army Jason Schu killed saturday in Diw Aniyah when his vehicle struck an explosive assigned to the 3rd 89th cavalry 4th Bri Gade combat 10th Moun Tain fort army Ryan of Texas died Satur Day in Ham Yah of wounds suffered during combat on Friday assigned the 1st 501st Parachute infantry regi 4th brigade combat team 25th infantry Divi fort six army soldiers died Satur Day in Baghdad when their vehicle struck an the sol assigned to the 1st Battal 5th cavalry 2nd brigade combat 1st Cav Alry fort were staff Christopher Jean Pel David Iowa Joseph Travis and Alexander iraqi men and a policeman try to pull a body from the euphrates River at on police in the South of Baghdad found a body floating in the River that they say is one of three american sol Diers abducted by Al Aida nearly two weeks authorities took custody of the body found wednes Day but have not determined if it was that of one of the missing attacks across Iraq kill 9 service members by Ravi Nessman the associated press Baghdad Roadside bombings and gunboat Les across Iraq killed nine and authorities were examining a body found in a River that iraqi police believe is a Soldier seized in an ambush nearly two weeks officials said on authorities have not determined if the body found in the euphrates River was one of three miss ing american soldiers from the May 12 ambush of their patrol near about 20 Miles South of four americans and one iraqi Soldier were killed in that the military said seven soldiers and two marines were killed in separate attacks bringing the death toll for the month to at least last 104 troops were killed in officials have warned that american casual ties were Likely to increase As troops made More fre quent patrols during the three Anthold Security crackdown in six of the soldiers were killed by Roadside bombs and the seventh was killed by Small arms the military said Only that the two marines were killed in combat operations in Anbar in the town of on the iranian Border 60 Miles East of a suicide bomber walked into a packed Market cafe and blew him self up killing 22 people and wounding 13 police the cafe in the mixed shiite and kurdish was usually frequented by but no police officers were there at the police police said a Man in his 30s wearing a heavy jacket despite the searing heat was seen walking into the cafe just seconds before the in another devastating a suicide bomber blew himself up in the House of two Brothers who were supporting a sunni Alliance opposed to Al Aida in the Anbar killing 10 including the their wives and their police Jabar Rasheed Nayef said the a 17yearold broke into the House of the two Sheik Mohammed Ali and police Abed and detonated his bomb Belt about 11 tuesday in Albo about 60 Miles West of the targeted men were part of the Anbar Salva Tion a group of local sunni tribal leaders who had banded together with government support to fight Nayef More than backed by iraqi forces have been searching for More than a week and a half for the missing and iraqi troops endured temperatures of 115 degrees tues Day As they trudged through canals Waist deep in searching for the missing a senior iraqi army officer in the Babil area told the associated press that the body found wednes Day was that of an american the officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the gis remain hopeful during frustrating search for comrades by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes soldiers from the unit searching for three of its members captured in Iraq Are describing the Trio As combat Tough troops with the skills to survive any presumed Cap the three Alex Joseph Anzack and Byron Fouty Are All assigned to 4th 31st infantry regi 10th Mountain Jimenez and Anzack were both physically arid mentally especially Anzack he was hardheaded and army Don the trios former company commander who is now working in the units Headquarters said in a news Jimenez he had a lot of Street i never thought in a million years that something like this would happen to Jamoles was quoted As i Lay in bed each night imagining where these men can hoping we find something that will bring us closer to them and wishing when i woke up they would be More than american and iraqi troops Are involved in the focusing on an area South of Baghdad near in the attack in which they were four other soldiers and an iraqi interpreter were authorities were examining a body found in the euphrates River that iraqi police believe is a Soldier seized in an am Bush nearly two weeks officials said authorities have not deter mined if the body found in the the River was one of three missing american in the news the unit described the area in which the three were captured As one of the most contested areas of the Bri Gades the area was described As Rural Farmland near the euphrates River and an old weapons a Road routinely Laden with and populated by former regime intelligence and Republican guard in nine Days of military officials at least 37 Large scale missions have been launched including 27 Airas Sault missions bearing soldiers by helicopter with 19 army and 22 iraqi army companies involved in the some 70 people with suspected ties to the attack have been officials said i Haven heard of indicators that make me believe the soldiers Are the Battal ions command sergeant Alexander was quoted As it gets frustrating that we cannot find but we Are not losing we will continue searching for our soldiers and doing whatever we can to find them we will not leave those sentiments echoed what David the commander of All forces in said in an interview last news relayed through another press re lease gives the unit some Hope of recovering their fellow soldiers according to the and iraqi troops rescued an iraqi Soldier held in a Baghdad District since May the sol named As Mosher Ahmamed Abdual had allegedly been held by Mahdi army members in the Rashid email Joseph Giordono at