European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page seven dead in apparent Downing of Helo stars and stripes seven five americans were killed wednesday night when a Chi Nook helicopter apparently was shot Down in Southern officials apart from the a Canadian and a British Soldier died in the 9 everyone aboard officials troops summoned to the crash site in the volatile Helmand province were am bushed and called for a Accord ing to natos International Security Assis Tance nato officials said an afghan civilian patience is needed after troop boost by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes the filial elements of the Iraq troop increase ordered by presi Dent Bush in january will be in place with in the next two according to Ray commander of multinational but he emphasized it will take time and patience before the increase will produce the surge was originally announced As extra service members but Penta gon officials have said including Mili tary police and support the actual number is closer to the first units arrived in Baghdad in and troops have been arriving steadily Ever in a briefing with Pentagon re porters thursday from Camp Liberty in said three More totalling military still Nave to move into their assigned those Are the 2nd brigade of the 3rd infantry the 13th Marine expeditionary and the army 3rd combat aviation Odierno said it will take up to two months for those units to truly get a feel for their so they can truly have an Impact on Security and stability in their we wont see the full Impact of what there doing in three that for he Odierno said he is planning to move More troops to Dyala province two weeks to conduct aggressive operations in the which includes the City of he said that decision was not in response to remarks made by 25th infantry division commander Benjamin who leads multinational on May Mixon told Pentagon report ers he did not have enough soldiers to get a handle on Security in the Odierno said thursday that he and Mixon been discussing for months adding troops to he did not say How Many More forces were headed to or whom they would but he said he recently sent to the province an additional three including a Stryker securing Dyala with additional forces is Odierno because the province is part of the larger Baghdad he Al Aida is trying to establish a Safe Haven in the and shia extremists who Are working with Iran Are trying to bring weapons from and then you have the Sun Nishia infighting that goes Emall Lisa Burgess at . Was injured by Small arms fire after the crash and received medical Qari Yousef an alleged Taliban told the associated press that militants shot Down the initial reports suggested that the helicopter was hit with a rocket propelled the a quoted a official As the went Down in the prov inces Pajaki where mostly British troops have fought to protect a hydroelectric dam that is under about nato forces Are taking the Lead in fighting in forces in Afghanistan number about including most recently the ital based 173rd airborne helicopter crashes have been relatively rare in a ch47 Chinook crashed on killing eight ser Vic members near Highway the main Road Between Kabul officials said enemy fire did not cause that about a year a ch47 Chinook crashed attempting a nighttime Landing in Asad Abad in Eastern killing 10 investigators said the helicopter struck a tree and crashed into a Karim iraqi women beat their chests during the funeral of a victim police said died after an Early morning airstrike in Baghdad Sadr City on the military said it had no report of airstrikes in Sadr summoned to clashes with gunmen in Baghdad by Sinan Salaheddin the associated press Baghdad a Battle raged thursday in a West Baghdad neighbourhood where residents Rose up against Al Aida intimidation and called for military help to end threats that kept students from final exams and random gunfire that forced people to huddle a member of the District Council a suicide bomber hit police recruiting Cen Ter in fal Lujah on killing As Many As 25 police the military said Only one policeman was killed and eight were three policemen and three civil ians were killed and 15 civilians were wounded when a suicide truck bomber struck a communications Center on the Western outskirts of Rama according to Anbar provincial Security adviser Tariq Youssef at least six other people three policemen and three civilians were killed and 15 civil ians were wounded when a suicide truck bomber struck a communications Center on the West Ern outskirts of the of Anbar a provincial Security official the american military thursday reported the deaths of three More two killed a Day earlier in a Roadside bombing in Baghdad and one who died of wounds from a Roadside bomb at tack Northwest of the capital on at least 122 american forces have died in the third deadliest month of the Iraq forces backed by helicopter gunships clashed with suspected Al Aida gunmen in Western Baghdad primarily sunni Muslim Amariyah neighbourhood in an engagement that lasted several casualty figures were not immediately Avail but the District who would not allow use of his name for fear of Al Aida said the Al Aida Leader in the Amariyah known As Haji was killed and 45 other fighters were the military had no immediate word on the the fal Lujah suicide bomber killed at least 10 policemen in the which occurred about 11 according to a police official in the City who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the inform the rest of the dead Many of them in line seeking jobs As he said As Many As 50 were Jeff a military said the Anbar province governors office and the provincial police put the number of dead at one iraqi with six police and two civilians american pressed on thursday with the search for five kidnapped and a procession of some of them women wailing and beating their marched through Sadr City behind a Small bus carrying the coffins of two people who police said were killed in a helicopter strike be fore the military said it had no re port of airstrikes in Sadr a police Man Send cite s an afghan Man in Hel Mand near where five Ameri cans and two other soldiers died when a Chi Nook helicopter was apparently shot Abdul 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 Mili Tarys the a count is eight higher than the defense depart ments last updated wednesday at 10 the British military has re ported 149 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Esto Netherlands and two each and Hun Romania and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military to no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military army Charles Hes Idaho died saturday when his vehicle struck an explosive in Bagh dad assigned to the 2nd Battal 3rd infantry 3rd 2nd infantry Divi Sion Stryker brigade combat fort two soldiers were killed monday by an explosive in the As signed to the 1st 38th infantry 4th 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade combat fort were army staff Thomas army Junior Cedeno two soldiers were killed monday when their helicopter crashed after being hit by enemy fire in the assigned to the 2nd 6th cavalry 25th combat Avia Tion 25th infantry i Schofield a were army 1st Keith army chief warrant officer Theodore South