European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Arturda 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 Ai Aida behind mosque bombings by Monte Morin stars and stripes suicide bombers who detonated a Halfton of explosives near Abu Gharib on destroying two nearby sunni and shiite Likely were Al Aida fighters intent on derailing a tribal reconciliation Campaign commanders said the explosions occurred just minutes within several blocks of an iraqi army traffic control according to a 1st brigade combat 1st cavalry division press the first attack occurred at when a suicide bomber in a tractor trailer pulled up to the Check the blast killed two iraqi one iraqi civilian and wounded four other sol it also severely damaged two nearby one shiite and one the second vehicle bomb attack occurred at 11 four blocks killing one iraqi sol Dier and wounding the Abu Gharib area recently has been the scene of fierce fighting Between two separate factions of the sunni As Well As an Effort by the military to enlist the support of local tribesmen in its fight against that or reconciliation Hopes to Mirror the Anbar Awakening movement in Western where tribes who once Lent Aid and support to Al Aida or who took up arms directly against Are now battling against Hartline commanders said they believed the at tacks were launched by Al Aida in order to disrupt the reconciliation this Type of attack shows that Al Zaeda has a Complete disregard for All regardless of what sect they belong Peter Deputy commander for the 11 said in a statement late officials at the multinational Force Iraq combined press information Center issued a statement condemning the today murderous attacks against two Abu Gharib mosques show the nature of the heartless enemy facing the people of the statement the which destroyed the Hassanein Al mus Taba mosque and dam aged the Al Marat continue to show that the iraqi people Are facing an indiscriminate enemy with a Mission to create division and to destroy the Confidence of the iraqi email Monte Morin at police chiefs family attacked Brothers children kidnapped outside of bad Cuba by Bushra Juki the associated press Baghdad carloads of at tackers descended on a police chiefs House Northeast of Bagh dad at Dawn killing the officials two Brothers and 11 and kidnapping three of his grown Dyala Provin Cial police the attack outside which came when the police chief was not at was one of the boldest and bloodiest in months of stepped up violence around the where Al Aida in Iraq and affiliated groups have been fighting and iraqi forces and local insurgents who have turned against elsewhere in Northern bombings struck a shiite mosque in a town near the Oil Rich City of killing at least 19 people and wounding police the attack started at when a parked car exploded near worshippers leaving the to Hamalain mosque after Friday prayers in the predominantly Shi corrections in a june 7 Story about sol Diers killed on memorial Day while trying to reach a downed helicopter in the name of Mike Panaro was mis the age of Leonard Trevino was incorrect from san is the june 7 Story about the California special election should have said that state Law also permits nonmilitary Vot ers overseas to submit a ballot via a Soldier and iraqi policeman Are seen outside to Hamalain mosque after suicide bombs were detonated in the shiite dominated town of about 28 Miles South of two suicide bombers with explosives vests blew themselves killing 19 civilians and wounding 25 Ite town of about 28 Miles South of police chief Farhan Abdulrahman Youssef about five minutes a Sui cide bomber was spotted driving toward the mosque but police men in a nearby station opened fire on him and he Youssef police said earlier that the men were on foot and wearing explosives but the police chief provided new details after tour ing the site of the urn a 52yearold housewife whose son was seriously blamed sunni insurgents for the blast and called them traitors to they want to kill people even when they Are praying in a she said As she stood in the Hospital waiting for her son to come out of nobody wants them in what is the guilt of the believers who were practising their religious duties in Southern Iraq on Friday a parked minibus exploded at a bus terminal in the town of 305 Miles South East of and a Hospital director said at least 16 people were killed and 32 the continuing violence came a Day after the fou year Mili tary death toll in Iraq passed the after a Soldier was re ported killed in a Roadside bomb ing in the fatality rate has risen As reinforced troops have gone More on the offensive against insurgents in Baghdad and sur rounding such As in a new Security crackdown aimed at restoring More order to Central despite that Iraq mortar at tacks and execution style killings left at least 63 iraqis dead nation wide they included 32 unidentified men who were hand blindfolded and shot to death in Baghdad apparent Vic Tims of so called sectarian death squads usually run by shiite Mili such As the Mahdi Dyala provincial police said the Dawn attackers outside Bayou who arrived in Many also abducted two sons and a daughter of police chief Ali Nilayan head of Central bad tubas Balda police the children were described As Young men and a Young but their Ages we rent immediately Al Oranis two slain Brothers were serving As guards at the in Kanaan town Northwest of the City of which is 35 Miles Northeast of the bodies of some Many of whom also were Alhorani were found on a near by apparently after being seized at the police deaths 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 military at least died As a result of hostile according to the military num the a count is 11 higher than the defense departments last updated thursday at 10 the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed wednes Day by a Roadside bomb in South Western a Soldier was killed wednes Day by an explosive in Dyala the latest identifications re ported by the military army Andrews Hig killed tuesday in bad Cuba by Small arms fire assigned to the 5th 20th infantry regi 3rd 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade com Bat fort army staff Juan Cam Texas died june 1 at Brooke army medical san of wounds sustained during combat May 14 in Baghdad assigned to the 1st 26th infantry regi 2nd brigade combat 1st infantry sch Afghanistan and other areas As of at least 333 members of the military have died in Paki Stan and Uzbekistan As a result of the invasion of Afghani Stan in late according to the defense department the department last updated its figures june of the military reports 212 were killed by hostile outside the afghan the defense department reports 62 More members of the Mili tary died in support of operation enduring of two were the result of hostile a the military lists these other locations As Guantanamo Bay naval Cuba Djibouti Eri trea Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Philippines Seychelles Sudan Tajikistan Turkey and there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civil Ian the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military army Jacob new killed Satur Day near Afghani by Small arms fire As signed to the 1st 503rd infantry regiment air 173rd airborne Camp from the associated press Georgia votes to double its military Force in Iraq Georgia georgias parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved president Mikhail Saaka Svilis proposal to increase the Exso Viet republics military continent in Iraq to service More than doubling its the 1452 vote underscored the georgian leaderships dedication to cultivating close ties with the United Saak Shvili has courted the West and sought to Lessen the influence of neighbor ing giant which dominated Georgia for most of the past two 200 polish troops to move to Diw Aniyah Poland Poland will Transfer about 200 of its troops from a base in Central Iraq to a larger base it maintains in the country starting in the Mili tary said the polish troops stationed in Kut in Central Iraq will move to the larger base in about 80 Miles South of the base is currently Home to some 700 polish said Wojciech a spokesman for the military the base in Kut will remain staffed by troops from other from the associated press