European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and Stripe s june 2007 deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have tied 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 the British military has re ported 150 Italy has re ported 33 18 to 20 13 11 seven Al Salva five four three nether two each and kazakh South one death the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed Sun Day in Southern a airman was killed sunday in a Roadside bombing in Southern the latest identifications re ported by the military none 3 americans killed in Bridge collapse 7 arrested in rocket attack on Karzai Afghanistan afghan officials arrested seven in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against presi Dent Hamid a govern ment spokesman said Karzai was giving a speech on sunday to elders and residents in Andar District in Central Afghani Stan when rockets were fired said Ali Shah the provincial police the rockets missed their and no one was general Iran May have helped Taliban Afghanistan Iran has Given political and material support to afghan president Hamid Karrais Western backed but it also May have aided the Taliban guerrillas As a Way of hedging its bets inside its Eastern natos top general Here suggested army Dan in an interview with the associated said Taliban fighters Are showing signs of better train using combat techniques to pin Down special forces sol Diers comparable to an advanced Western Tony Blairs successor stops in Baghdad Baghdad Britain next prime minister travelled to Bagh dad monday on a Surprise fact finding Mission that followed promises to his country participation in the conflict that has become increasingly unpopular at Treasury chief Gordon who is to succeed Tony Blair later this also had experience with the dangers facing Iraq when the uncontrolled Green zone was hit by an apparent mortar barrage after his meet ing with his future Nouri from the associated press by Qassim Abdulzahra the associated press Baghdad suspected Al Aida bomb ers stepped up attacks on key transportation with the bombing monday of a key Bridge North of Baghdad a Day after a suicide truck bomber shut the superhighway South of the capital with a huge explosion that col lapsed an overpass and killed three american the latest a parked truck blew apart the Bridge that carries traffic Over the Dyala River in a chaotic Provin Cial capital just North of police said on condition they not be identified by name be cause they feared there were no but motorists and truckers now must use a Road that runs through Alsaid controlled territory to reach important nearby Dyala province is swarming with Al Aida fighters driven out of Baghdad by the Fourmont hold Security operation and out of Anbar province West of the capital by sunni tribesman who Rose up against the terrorist the attacks on the Bridges were Only the lat to deepen turmoil in the on the vital transportation had to the rest of the Petros troops and private Security guards work to remove Concrete rubble from atop wounded soldiers at a Bridge destroyed by an apparent suicide vehicle bomber on sunday outside Man about 20 Miles South of est in a Cami network linking such bombings especially suicide at tacks Are an Al Aida trademark and one of the groups Many and eve shifting tactics against and iraqi earlier this a bomb heavily dam aged the Sarhat a key crossing 90 Miles North of the capital on a major Road connecting Baghdad with Sulayman Yah and other kurdish cities of the in March and three of Baghdad 13 Bridges Over the Tigris River were the attacks were put Down to sunni insurgent or Al Aida attempts to Divide the cites pre dominantly shiite East Bank from the mostly sunni Western Side of the the most serious an april 12 suicide truck collapsed the landmark a Rakiyah Bridge and sent cars plunging into the water Brown Waters of the eleven peo ple were forces used bulldozers monday to push aside the rubble of the overpass that crashed onto Iraq main North South Highway just East of a dangerous Triangle of death City with a Large Al Aida the huge explosion 20 Miles South of Bagh dad not Only brought Down a Section of the Bridge but killed three soldiers at a Check Point and wounded six of others along with an iraqi the military said in a statement issued at its Camp Victory head quarters at Baghdad International tumult arose in Iraq fragile political Struc Ture monday when lawmakers declared them selves fed up with the parliament speaker and voted to oust the controversial sunni Politi Cian from his powerful Mahmoud Almash Hadani a physician who was jailed by Saddam Hussein and who had said from the parliament speakers chair that those who attack american forces should be treated As heroes was voted out of his Job in a closed session of the shiite dominated 275member iraqi morgue and Hospital officials reported Only 34 deaths in sectarian violence across Iraq on including 17 bodies dumped on Baghdad streets and believed to be the victims of shiite death gis fire stops would be suicide bomber stars and stripes a pair of Alert soldiers prevented what could have been a devas Tating attack on a patrol base South of military officials said according to the a dump truck barrelled toward the patrol bases perimeter barriers sunday afternoon apparently at tempting to breach the known As patrol base Warrior Brandon Rork and Charles Osgood both assigned to the 2nd 14th infantry 10th Mountain Divi Sion opened fire on the Rork was Manning a machine gun and Osgood was firing with an the pair fired at the truck until it when soldiers inspected the be they found the Driver still alive and strapped into a suicide bomb the truck was loaded with homemade the Driver was treated for his injun military officials but there was no further word on his the Soldier in the machine gun position was very and Able to engage and Stop a dump truck suicide bomber Bent on de Courtesy of the army a dump truck loaded with homemade explosives sits near the South Entrance to patrol base Warrior two soldiers of the 2nd 14th infantry 2nd brigade combat 10th Mountain division Light infantry out of fort saw the truck turn abruptly toward the Gate and fired on it with a machine gun and an when the truck it was discovered the Driver was wearing a suicide he was detained before he was Able to detonate straying the entire patrol As troops move from larg officials have a know John command More isolated bases into Small edged a Trade off Between being 9nh Ratta inn 14th or outposts closer to input positioned closer to the Popula gents have stepped up attacks on Tion and being More open to Possi the More vulnerable Bleer of the 2nd 14th infant was quoted As saying in a