European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes june 2007 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 military at least died As a result of hos tile according to the military the a count is 12 higher than the defense depart ments last updated monday at 10 the British military has re ported 150 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 Den seven Al five four three Netherlands and two each and kazakh Romania and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military three soldiers were killed sunday when the Check Point they were Manning was struck by a suicide car bomb near a Soldier died sunday of wounds suffered in combat in Dyala the latest identifications re ported by the military air Force airman 1st class Eric to Ohio killed sunday by an explosive about 100 Miles South of Baghdad assigned to the 90th logistics readiness Warren air Force army staff Brian killed sunday in Baghdad by an explosive assigned to the 2nd 3rd infantry regi 3rd 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade combat fort army Scott Mill killed saturday in bad Cuba by Small arms fire assigned to the 5th 20th infantry 3rd 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade combat fort army Cory end i Ohio killed saturday in Taji by Small arms fire assigned to the 2nd 1st cavalry 4th 2nd infantry division Stryker brigade combat fort army Dariek killed june 2 in Shafqat by an explosive assigned to the 6th 9th cavalry regi 3rd brigade combat 1st cavalry fort violence outside Baghdad on the Rise since surge started by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes while civilian casualties in Baghdad have gone Down since the beginning of the new Security violence in other parts of Iraq has stayed steady or according to a quarterly report issued by the United the situation in Iraq remains insurgent attacks persist and civilian casual ties continue to the report while there was a Brief Lull in the level of Sec tarian violence Early in the reporting it now appears that militia forces Are resuming their including targeted killings and Secretary general of the United nations ban Kimono said in announcing the report that Iraq is entering an exceptionally Sensi Tive phase and if conditions he would advocate for an expanded role in our mobility As Well As presence have been largely dictated by the situation on the ban said at a news As we see the development of the we will try to expand the role of political facility constitutional review and there will be Many areas where the United nations can still officials have scaled Back Many of their operations and have relocated some of their Baghdad Headquarters staff to a rein forced compound within the already heavily guarded Green according to the 15page at least 26 people have been killed in indirect fire attacks on the Green zone since the number of such attacks has also going from 17 in March to 30 in april to 39 through the first three weeks of the Security situation has been further compounded by the increase in car bombs in the Vicinity of entry checkpoints to the Green the report the report also noted that in Baghdad Mili tary casualties have gone up As civilian casual ties have gone since the commencement of the Baghdad Security the multinational Force and the iraqi Security Force have attempted to open outposts inside their location at Small Security outposts in High risk areas has exposed them to frequent attacks by armed the report the report also noted what command ers have already reported the surge in Baghdad has pushed Many insurgents and militiamen into Salah a Din and Tamim the report also found that although there have been reduced incident Levels in fal Lujah and the violence in Anbar has shifted to smaller towns and this is partly a reflection of the growing conflict Between Al Aida and the tribal leaders in Anbar prov email Joseph Giordono at  iraqi prime minister Nouri meets Deputy Secretary off state John Negroponte in Baghdad on Almalik promised Progress on legislation aimed at promoting National his office the Man in the Center is an unidentified iraqi raid on Lollipop factory turns up bombs by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad and iraqi forces on tuesday raided a Lollipop factory being used to make finding boxes full of explosives and two tons of fertilizer in the basement of the facility in Northern an iraqi officer the entry room to the Arij factory was Boob trapped and the building was empty after the workers fled after apparently being tipped off to the an iraqi army command Nour Aldin Hussein add ing that an antiaircraft gun was hidden on the commander of Iraq 4th said the Christian owner of the Lollipop factory had been killed three years ago and it was rented to other people whom the police re fused to identify for Security the who found Candy boxes filled with oxygen cylinders and 2 tons of fertilizer in the spent three hours destroying the payload in controlled blasts in the Industrial area in an Eastern Sec Tion of 225 Miles Northwest of Bagh the military said it was looking into the the discovery illustrated the challenges iraqis meet to seek consensus United nations iraqi religious and political leaders met to reaffirm their commitment to building a multiethnic declaring that the ties that bind All iraqis will not be broken in spite of the sectarian violence ravaging the sunni and shiite leaders gathered at Headquarters for a today conference that was to end tuesday to discuss ways to ease the sectarian tensions sparking violence in Iraq Mission sponsored the titled Iraq for All Mustapha director of new York University Center for which cosponsored the urged the leaders to reach a new political from the associated press faced by and iraqi troops trying to Stop the unrelenting sectarian violence even As militants consistently find new ways to thwart stepped up Security a senior envoy met with Iraq Leader tuesday in Baghdad As the americans step up pressure for the shiite led government to show Progress in political reforms aimed at stemming support for the largely sunni insure prime minister Nouri Almalik assured Deputy Secretary of state John Negroponte that the iraqi administration would persist in its efforts to gain passage of a controversial Oil a Bill allows former members of Saddam baath party to return to govern ment jobs and join the military and other legis lation aimed at bringing the disaffected sunni minority into the political a lot of missions Are ahead of on top of them is developing our Security forces to Han dle their National roles in fighting the Al Aida terrorist Sadd mists and militias to impose Law and order in All the Almalik told Secretary of state condole Ezza rices Deputy As the two men sat on gilded chairs in the prime ministers office in Baghdad Forti fied Green and iraqi officials have pinned their Hopes on the adoption of the Laws As Well As a nearly 4monthold Security crackdown to quell the unrelenting sectarian violence but Iraq fractured political parties have failed to reach final agreement on any of suspected sunni insurgents also bombed and badly damaged a Span Over the main North South Highway leading from Baghdad on tuesday the third Bridge at tack in As Many Days in an apparent Campaign against key transportation