European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 Karim iraqi glaziers prepare a poster tuesday of the Radical ant american shiite cleric Muntada a Sadr in Sadr a Sadr resurfaces in Iraq Radical shiite cleric delivers ant american Sermon by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes the Radical shiite cleric Muntada a Sadr has re surfaced in delivering an ant american ser Mon Friday after four months of lying Sadr delivered the Sermon at the Kufa calling for troops to leave Iraq As soon As Possi ble and for an end to fighting Between his Mahdi army militia and iraqi Security i want to renew our demand for the departure of the news agencies quoted him As telling a Large crowd of i say to our sunni Brothers in Iraq that we Are Brothers and the occupier shall not Divide they Are Welcome and we Are ready to cooperate with them in All this is my hand i stretch toward military and Intelli gence officials have in recent weeks suggested that Sadr had spent the previous four months in allegedly leaving the country just before the massive new Security push in his supporters have denied that he left the but he had not been seen since an october preaching session at the mosque in officials on Friday said Sadr had quietly returned to Iraq about a week heading Back to his base of support in near the holy shiite City South of has had a Long and tangled history in pos invasion he is the son of a revered shiite cleric killed by Saddam and grew popular with some iraqis in the months after the invasion by immediately condemning the in his militia waged open War twice with Ameri Hisnay to our sunni Brothers in Iraq that we Are Brothers and the occupier shall not Divide they Are Welcome and we Are ready to cooperate with them in All this is my hand i stretch toward f f Muntada a Sadr shiite cleric can before the violence was last six government ministers aligned with Sadr left the iraqi government in protest of its refusal to set a timetable for the withdrawal of Amer ican Sadr had called on his militia to Lay Down its arms in Advance of the surge of thousands of and iraqi troops in the by and officials have reported the ceasefire has stayed in clashes with shiite militiamen whether rogue or aligned with Sadr have on Sadr called for his followers to practice a nonviolent response of any fighting Between our Brothers in the Mahdi army and the iraqi army and police is he i advise the dear Brothers in the Mahdi army to resort to peaceful Means like picketing or Demon Strating when attacked by bad its unclear what Sadr re turn will Bode in some analysts said he is returning to Bol Ster his political party in Antici pation of elections others said he is trying to rein in some of the splintering elements of his i think Hes trying to Consoli Date his Power Raymond the Sec Ond ranking commander of forces in told the Washington Post in an interview thursday i think theres been a Little bit of cracking in the Mahdi army whatever the Sadr Sermon on Friday was not Short of belligerent no for the no for no for the no for he chanted with the email Joseph Giordono at  6 gis killed in Iraq militia Leader dead by Ravi Nessman the associated press Baghdad six soldiers were killed in a series of attacks across Iraq in recent the military also announced Fri the deaths put May on Pace to be one of the deadliest months for forces Here in the Mahdi army received a severe blow Friday when its Basra wis Sam also known As Abu was shot and killed along with his brother and two aides during a Battle with iraqi special forces backed by British troops Friday police the Battle began about 4 when the iraqi and British forces attempted to arrest Alwakili after he left a mosque in a Middle residential area in Central police and Brown Alwakili and his three companions opened fire and were killed when the British troops shot police three soldiers were killed in Roadside bombings in the capital and the surrounding the military said two others were killed in explosions North of and a sixth Soldier was hit by gunfire in the volatile Dyala the military the killings raised the Ameri can death toll for the month to at least last 104 troops were killed in military officials have warned that casualties were Likely to Rise As More troops deployed to Iraq and the military pushed ahead with its Baghdad Security As we Are conducting More of we Are going into areas we Haven gone into in Force be we have More people on the this leads to an Opportunity for More More con More said Christopher a Mili tary this is a Tough we Are in a gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a police officer As he was leaving his House in the Shi it dominated Wilda 20 Miles South of Baghdad on Friday police in other six mortar rounds hit houses in Western killing one police also a Roadside bomb exploded at the Entrance to the Khadra Bridge in Western Bagh causing no injuries but dam aging the police the blast was the latest attack on Baghdad Bridges by deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the Mili tary have died since the begin Ning 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 military the a count is seven higher than the defense depart ments last updated thursday at 10 the British military has re ported 149 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Esto two each and Hun South one death the latest deaths reported by the military two soldiers were killed during combat wednesday in Anbar the latest identifications re ported by the military army staff Shannon died monday after an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 425th Bri Gade special troops 4th brigade combat team 25th infantry Divi fort army Brian died monday after an explosive detonated near his vehicle As signed to the 425th brigade special troops 4th brigade combat team air 25th infantry fort army Michael san Texas died monday after an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 425th Bri Gade special troops 4th brigade combat team 25th infantry Divi fort army staff David died tuesday in after an explosive detonated near his unit assigned to the 4th Battal 9th infantry 4th 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade combat fort Bush visits wounded troops president Bush began memorial Day weekend at the bed Side of wounded handing out purple Bush visited on Friday with troops injured in Iraq and their families and the medical staff at the National naval medical just outside washing the president was making his seventh visit to the medical Center before flying aboard the Marine one helicopter to Camp where he planned to spend part of the people come Here without much Hope and in Many healed and ready to move on with their Bush he thanked the medical personnel for their which includes treating tragic Battlefield Bush also thanked the soldiers for their service to the tape prisoner Swap sought Egypt a purported Al Aida in Afghanistan commander claimed in an audiotape released Early Friday that the terror group was willing to Swap prisoners with the United Britain and other the audiotapes authenticity could not in Dependently be but it was posted on a web site commonly used by islamic it opened with a Short Section that said it was produced by the Al Aida Media production it was accompanied by two still photos of a bearded Man identified As Abu Laith a libyan Al Aida operative believed to be behind a suicide bombing that killed 23 people outside the main base in Afghanistan during a february visit by vice president Dick from the associated press