European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes 2007 report military Falls Short of operation goals stars and stripes american and iraqi forces Are Able to protect the population and maintain physical influence Over Only 146 of 457 Baghdad according to a military assessment first reported monday by the new York the internal military assessment was completed in late May and summarized re ports from brigade and battalion command ers in coalition forces have either not begun operations in the remaining 311 Baghdad neighbourhoods or still face resistance in the times those numbers mean the military has fallen Short of its initial goals of the Security which involved bringing thou Sands of additional american and iraqi troops to the the Effort is aimed mainly at stemming the sectarian violence assessment notes iraqi forces Able to protect population in Only 146 of 457 Baghdad neighbourhoods in the City and providing More Security for according to the original Security most Baghdad neighbourhoods were sup posed to be under control by officials the operation is at a difficult Point right to be Vincent Deputy commander of the 1st Cav Alry was quoted As saying to the while violence has been tamped Down in several the mixed sunni shiite neighbourhoods of West Baghdad continue to pose the major officials Brooks said some of the challenges hold ing Back Progress include the iraqi police not providing the full number of officers it had committed to the new that has forced american troops to con duct Clearing operations in the same places several Brooks until you have the ability to have a pres ence on the Street by people who Are seen As honest and who Are not letting things come Back you cant shift into another area and expect that place to stay the Way it Brooks was quoted As refer ring to the iraqi other military officials repeated monday that they know the fight in Bagh dad will not be we have stated All along that this was going to be harder before it gets Christopher a military spokesman in told the associated its going to be a Tough fight Over the summer and the plan is just in its beginning no one expects All 457 neighbourhoods to be under control at this Scott another spokesman in said in an email to the an iraqi military mean gave different Qassim Almous Sawi said the iraqi Mili tary puts the number of Baghdad neighbor hoods at 184 and said we Are controlling More than 50 percent of our forces Are deployed in All of Bagh dad and Are doing Well with their operations in calming the restive we Are moving ahead and achieving the goals of the Security the associated press contributed to this More bombings shake Baghdad by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad iraqi police said at least six people were killed and 14 were wounded in three Sepa rate bombings monday in Bagh the military announced sunday that 14 american soldiers had been killed Over a three Day period in a deadly Start for june and raising to at least Mem Bers of the military who have died since the Iraq War started in March according to an associated press May was the third bloodiest month since the War with 127 troop deaths the newly reported deaths included four who died in a single Roadside bombing sunday North West of Baghdad and another who was struck by a suicide bomber while on a foot patrol Southwest of the capital on two other soldiers were killed and five were wounded along with an iraqi interpreter in two separate Roadside bombings on the military while seven others soldiers were killed in a series of attacks across Iraq on a car bomb also exploded out Side a base near the volatile City of leaving a num Ber of troops gasping for air and suffering from Eye the military it did not confirm a report in the los Angeles times that the car was carrying chlorine canisters and said the soldiers who were sickened had been treated and returned to the deadliest bombing on Mon Day struck a minibus carrying unemployed iraqis looking for work in the predominantly shiite neigh boyhood of Zafar Aniyah in South Eastern killing three people and wounding at least 16 other people were killed or found dead in attacks else including a pregnant woman who died in a mortar bar rage targeting a base in Fallu this is an image made from video showing the identification cards of Byron of Waterford and Alex of according to the militant video released Airaid linked insurgents killed three american soldiers after capturing them last month in site Al Aida front grou claiming to have Kil p releases video de missing gis by Anna Johnson the associated press Egypt Al Aida linked insurgents killed three american soldiers after capturing them last month in Accord ing to a militant video released monday claiming to show footage of the the video offered no proof for its the which was made Avail Able to the associated press by the Washington based site inst showed confused and Jerky night Battle and later offered closeups of two identification it did not show the sol the americans sent sol Diers looking for said an unidentified voice on the which featured the logo of the Media production House of the islamic state of they were alive and then the body of one of the soldiers was found in Iraq euphrates but the other two remain family friends of the missing men said the Mili tary briefed relatives about the video Over the the military insisted the search for the two missing sol Diers would we condemn the tactics used by these and Are using All Means available to pursue those said Kevin the chief Mil itary spokesman in we continue to search and Hope that our two missing soldiers will be found alive and in Good the video offered no proof for its claims that the soldiers had been killed and the voiceover blamed their deaths on the american army and their who do not care for the feelings of the soldiers and As you refused to deliver the bodies of our killed we will not deliver the bodies of your and their end will be be Neath the Allah the voice a body found May 23 in the euphrates River was identified by the military As Joseph Anzack of the missing soldiers have been identified As Alex Jimen of and of Byron of water families of both soldiers continue praying for their Safe re in interviews with the Queens chronicle in new Jimen eds family said they have held nearly continuous prayer vigils since the you have the you have him in your you can do Maria Del Rosario Jimenez said during the she believes her son will be that what i that what i have put in my she though news coverage and some support from the Community has waned in the weeks since the about a dozen people still attend the the news paper in Fortys family and friends Are in similar Circum according to the san an Tonio two army sergeants from the units Home base at fort drum Check in by phone every offering up dates and Hillary Fortys Moth told the paper her son wanted to go Over there and Hunt Down the bad she recalled sending him care packages every two often including ramen beef Jerky and Sunflower he has a wonderful sense of Hes intelligent and i love him Meunier our family is very grate Ful for everyone prayers and were just very hopeful for byrons Safe stripes reporter Joe Giordono contributed to this 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 count the figure includes seven military civil at least died As a result of hostile according to the military num the a count is 30 higher than the defense depart ments last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has re ported 149 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 Den seven Al five four three two each and aus South one death the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed Fri Day by an explosive South West of two soldiers were killed saturday by separate Road Side bombs in Western Bagh a Soldier was killed Satur Day by Small arms fire South of a Soldier was killed Satur Day by an explosive in Dyala i a Soldier died of wounds sustained from an explosion saturday in Dyala prov v two soldiers were killed saturday by a Roadside bomb in Ninevah four soldiers were killed sunday by Art explosive North West of a Soldier was killed Sun Day by a Roadside bomb Fin Eastern a Soldier was killed Sun Day by a Roadside bomb in Western the latest identifications re ported by the military no identification from the associated press