European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 stars and stripes june 2007 60 killed As boat sinks an Stan on River in by Rahim Faiez the associated press Afghanistan a boat crossing a River in Afghanistan most dangerous province and at least 60 people were including Taliban while 34 other suspected Taliban were killed during an operation in the same Southern officials said the boat Sank while crossing the Helmand which snakes through Helmand the worlds leading opium poppy re Gion and site of fierce Battles the last several hundreds of Taliban insurgents Are believed to be in the afghan army was investigating to see How Many Taliban insurgents and How Many civilians were on the ministry the Brief statement did not say what caused the to sink or Why officials believed militants were on 34 suspected Tali ban were killed the last two Days in several gun Battles in the South Ern provinces Pajaki near where a helicopter went Down on killing five a Canadian and a Brit the Interior ministry statement said four Taliban group command ers were among the 34 killed it did not say How it counted 34 dead or if the bodies had been left be the defense ministry said two afghan soldiers were killed and two wounded in the opera suspected Taliban militants attacked a local police commanders Home Early Satur killing five family Mem Bers and sparking a gun Battle with police that left 10 insurgents an official the attack in the Southeastern province of Ghazi killed the com Manders two sons and two said Interior ministry spokesman Zemerih the commander worked for Afghani stans auxiliary a system of backup officers who supplement the country regular police Baghdad mortar fire kills eight the associated press Baghdad a series of mor tar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others Early sat urday in a sunni enclave sur rounded by shiite areas in Central police while a key Bridge was damaged by a bomb in Northern the mortars began slamming into the Fadhil area in Baghdad at and continued sporadically until 7 damaging five hous a policeman speaking on condition of anonymity As he was not authorized to Deal with the a woman and a child were among the eight he Baghdad sunni and shiite neighbourhoods frequently Exchange mortar and other fire in Iraq continuing sectarian con elsewhere in the Resi dents in the sunni neighbourhood of Amariyah remained under cur few As and iraqi troops sought to maintain Calm in the area after fierce clashes Between rival insurgent groups and Al Aida in Firas a 32yearold father of said he closed his electronics shop when the clashes began last he said people were converging on the few stores that were open to buy including one grocer who brought in fresh vegetables by loading them in there is no no water and no Street Genera tors stopped feeding the area with Power during daytime because of fuel they Only provide Power for few hours during the he the casualty toll mounted for the third deadliest month for americans in the Foury Earold As a Soldier wounded in a Roadside bomb blast in Baghdad last wednesday was reported to have died of his raising the months death toll to at least in Northern a bomb heavily damaged the Sarhat a vital link on a major Road connect ing Baghdad with Northern including the kurdish cities of Erbil and As Well As Cikrit and police 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 Mil itary at least died As a result of hostile according to the military num the a count is 15 higher than the defense departments last updated Friday at 10 the British military has re ported 149 deaths 33 18 20 bulgar 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Netherlands and two each and Romania and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed thurs Day by Small arms fire in East a Soldier was killed Friday by Small arms fire near Zaw the latest identifications re ported by the military five soldiers were killed Mon Day when their vehicle was struck by an explosive in Abu All five were assigned to the 6th 9th cavalry 3rd brigade combat 1st cavalry fort killed were army 1st Kile army sgt Anthony army Zachary army James sum army Alexandra Al three soldiers were killed wednesday when their vehicle struck an explosive in All three were assigned to the 1st 18th infantry regi 2nd brigade combat 1st infantry sch killed were army Bacilio Cuel army James Lun army Joshua army Matthew Bayl died thurs Day in Baghdad of wounds suffered wednesday from Small arms fire assigned to the 2nd 12th infantry Reg 2nd brigade combat 2nd infantry fort army Matthew died thursday at the National naval medical Bethe of wounds suffered on May 19 in Latif Yah when he was struck by enemy Small arms fire assigned to the 15th Field Artil Lery 2nd brigade combat 10th Mountain division Light fort iraqi urges Turkey not to launch kurd attack Baghdad the iraqi prime minister on saturday urged tur key not to stage a military incur Sion into the Northern kurdish Ter saying his government will not allow the relatively peace Ful area to be turned into a Battle prime minister Nouri Almalik promised that the National and the kurdish leadership were United in refusing to let Iraq be used As a base to harm neighbouring countries and urged the sides to resolve their problems peaceful the shiite Leader also dismissed concerns that forces would stay in Iraq for 50 years following a White House comparison to the presence in South this is baseless because this matter is up to the iraqi people and the and the iraqi people did not make a Deci Sion and discussion on this matter did not take Alma Liki general questions report on had tha Camp a Marine colonel whose men Are suspected of killing 24 iraqi civil ians in Laditha May not have done All he could to properly re port and investigate the a 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