European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes saturday june 2007 june stars an stripes Page 7 revolt in Baghdad neighbourhood controlled indefinite reenlistment Iraq forces contain fighting shiite Leader returns to Iraq by Sinan Salaheddin the associated press Baghdad iraqi and troops fanned out in a sunni neigh boyhood devastated by Days of internal fighting Between insurgent claiming control of the Cha Otic area on Friday and putting it under a strict curfew and forcing residents Abu a 40yearold sunni father of four in Baghdad Amariyah said he was among a group of residents who joined in the clashes with Al Aida fighters on wednesday and thursday fed up with the gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighbourhood to huddle in Ahmed denied being a member of any insurgent groups but said he sympathizes with honest iraqi referring to those opposed to efforts in Iraq but also against the brutal tactics of Al Aida fighters and leaders have completely destroyed Ama no one can venture out and All the businesses Are he those fighters Are Here Only to kill iraqis and not the Ameri they Are like cancer and must be removed from the iraqi official casualty figures were not immediately but a local Council who declined to be identified because of Security said at least 31 including six Al Aida Mili were killed and 45 other fighters were detained in the clash and iraqi officials Are try ing to isolate the terror network by turning other militant groups and tribal leaders against it a tactic that has proved relatively Success Ful in the Western province once considered the heartland of the sunni Dale com Mander of 1st 5th cavalry who is responsible for the Amariyah area of the Capi confirmed the military supporters of Iraq largest shiite party celebrate the return of their Lead r poster at in Baghdad on Hakim returned from Iran after Gettis deaths Lii ii 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 count the figure include seven military at least died As a result of hostile according to the military the a count is 12 higher than the defense departments last updated thursday at 10 the British military has reported 149 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 seven Al five so four three two each and Kaza South one death the latest deaths reported by the military one Soldier died tuesday after a Roadside bomb attack Northwest of two soldiers Roadside bombing the latest tary died tuesday in iffy lated incident As Arnier regiment 3 lit Fantry 1 two soldiers t wounds from an the 2nd brigade combat Light army staff sgt j and army s 1 role in the fighting in the sunni Dis he said the Battles raged wednesday and thursday but died off at government Security forces Are now in control of the Amariyah iraqi military spokesman Qassim Almous Sawi was quoted As saying by iraqi state he also lauded the cooperation of local residents with the Abdulaziz the Leader of Iraq largest shiite re turned to Baghdad from Iran after completing the first phase of his treatment for lung Accord ing to the web site of the supreme islamic Council of Alhakim is a key player in iraqi politics despite close ties to has been a major part Ner in efforts to build a demo cratic system after the collapse of Saddam Hussein regime in meanwhile in North East of an Alsaid linked suicide bomber blew himself up Friday in a House sheltering members of the rival 1920 revolution killing two of the other militants and wounding four in the strife Ridden City of police the military also announced the death of a Soldier As signed to the 2nd 15th Pentagon ids pilots killed in stars and the Pentagon has identified the pilots killed memorial Day when their helicopter was shot Down near first Keith Heidtman and chief warrant officer the Odore Church both assigned to 2nd 6th cavalry Reg 25th combat aviation Bri Gade were killed when their oh58d Kiowa helicopter crashed after receiving heavy enemy fire during combat opera a Pentagon statement both were stationed with the 25th infantry division at Schofield an insurgent group called the islamic state of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the had arrived in december for his first Iraq tour of family he had graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2005 and was a native of quite we Are Strug Chris Keiths told the Day newspaper in his Home the second Day is a Little the reality is starting to set the fact that every one is Dis traught is a testament to Church what kind of Guy Keith he was such a wonderful microfilmed by retake baseball and basketball player in High there was Little Bio graphical in formation about Church available Heidtman declined to comment on the soldiers six other in route to the crash scene As a Quick reaction were when their vehicles were hit by Roadside those soldiers have not yet been publicly identified by the e career but the financial Reward pales in comparison to those Given to new enlistments and to those sol Diers and officers with skills that Are in Short under new the army now offers up to for three year enlist and to for some soldiers who signed up for As few As two the maximum Bonus limit for a three year enlist ment was for most army with a ceiling for a few very under manned according to Julia a spokeswoman for the army recruiting com 1 n office and Mishor Dan 2382226 civ01638542226  or customer service toll free 08000858827 Teri and stripes staff Derek holds his Bonus Check for indefinite enlistment with the army alongside John commander of the 1st brigade combat 3rd infantry at Camp Brown reenlisted for 12 in the Mechanic gets Market demands affect the army like any other and the need for certain skills such As nurse anaesthetist raises the invest ment the military makes to keep those soldiers and wheel by seem to be in steady an indefinite reenlistment signing Bonus will vary depend ing on the soldiers prior length of service and his expected retire for Brown took a break in his so he has to serve at least 22 total years to qualify for full retirement Bene Brown could have signed a More Standard contract with fewer As Many soldiers yet to the contract he signed Only puts on paper what he has in tended All Long he told himself hed use the army to develop a and he plans to open his own Auto motive garage when he the staff sergeant also has 6 and and Hes staying for so they dont have to come in and do the same thing i and two decades he made a Promise to his an infantry Veteran of world War i made a Promise to my grand father 20 years and in doing Brown said with both fists held up in the hot iraqi Hes also spending the he plans to take a cruise next month when he takes leave from his deployment in his second tour in the its a Brown said of the career behind and ahead of nothing but to do and if All goes As in after 31 years of service in the hell but even that int Brown according to cur rent when it comes time for Brown and others like him to end their they will first have to ask permission from the army before they can email Teri Weaver at Wear  Detroit expects to get up to half of iraqi refugees coming to by Jeff Karoub the associated press Detroit immigration Aid workers Here expect that As Many As half of the nearly iraqi refugees who will be brought into the United states by the end of september will Settle in the lutheran social services of Michi Gan has received government data on numerous refugees recommended for said be min pin the services director of refugee that the first sign that someone is in the process and should be com he How Long that process should we dont the Agency has already started to Contact the prospective refugees family members who live in the de troit Ponjic the department of Homeland Security said this week it has approved the refugee applications of 59 iraqis who should be arriving in the com ing the department provided no details about where they would Settle but said it has already completed interviews in refugee cases involving More than 700 women and the Bush administration announced in february it would allow up to iraqis into the by the whats the big Deal about 59 coming Here when we have hundreds of thousands of people in Iran and others displaced inside Iraq Imam Mostafa air Aswini Leader of the islamic educational Center of Orange Jim Southeastern Michigan has about people who Trace their roots to the Middle they Are heavily concentrated in the Detroit suburb of dear widely considered the capital of Arab America because of its National Ara american Many mosques and scores of arabic signed Busi Ponjic and others expect that As Many As half of the new refugees will come to the initially or after first resettling iraqi Community leaders in los Angeles and Orange which also have Large iraqi Popula said they haunt yet heard of any refugees being settled in the they also complained about the Small number of refugees being allowed to enter the compared with the 2 million who have fled fifty nine people is too too said Imam Mostafa Al Razwi Leader of the islamic educational Center of Orange whats the big Deal about 59 coming Here when we have hundreds of thou Sands of Iran and others displaced inside Iraq mosques in Southern California helped resettle refugees after the 1991 Gulf he they provided English class end of september up from 202 in it would health services and financial help to new arrive be the largest iraqi influx since the 2003 he and would be ready and willing to do so besides contacting relatives of immigration groups in the Detroit area have been locating Tennessee also is bracing for Nashville transportation and and Fielding is Home to the nations largest Community of expat i donations of clothing and pin ate estimated at