European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 stars and stripes Mideast edition june 2007 Musa Deq a Birds Cage hangs on the razor wire wednesday As an afghan Man prays in violence has spiked in Afghanistan in re cent one count estimates More than people have died in insurgency related violence this 33 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan by Rahim Faiez the associated press Afghanistan afghan troops killed 33 Taliban Mili including several com in three operations in the country volatile officials said Twenty militants were killed in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kan Dahar province on while eight were the Interior ministry it said two commanders were among the the coalition said that coalition forces and afghan army soldiers battled militants in Shah Wali Kot on killing several enemy it was not Clear if it was the same opera Tion mentioned by the Interior in the nearby District of six Taliban fighters were including one the Interior ministry it said no police were Hurt or killed in the of in Southern Ghazi seven Taliban were killed and four others detained by police said Mohammad Kazim provinces Deputy the authorities recovered the bodies of the dead Tali he violence has spiked around Afghanistan in recent More than people have died in in urgency related violence in Afghanistan this according to an associated press count based on and afghan the ministry of defense said a suicide attacker detonated his bomb near an afghan army Bri Gade commander in Gershk District of Helmand the suicide attacker died but no one else was said Mohammad Zahir the minis try in the Western province of two afghans doing repair work on police vehicles were killed by Taliban said Baryalai spokesman for the provincial police coalition and afghan troops killed a suspected militant and detained three others in a raid on a com Pound in Eastern the coalition the troops were searching the compound suspected of housing Taliban and foreign fighters in Mata Khan District in Patika the statement the forces killed the adult male when he attempted to engage them during a search of the the statement during the troops Dis covered weapons and a video three people were also detained and would be questioned Over their involvement in Mili Tant statement love graduation Teddy bears tall fast worldwide shipping you in a big Way email vhf h service i me phone 18002389481 i v Iii w Fol of eligible for nato medal by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes air Force military and civil Ian personnel who have served in a nato Mission May be eligible to Wear a nato medal to Mark their according to a new air Force Mes air Force personnel who have served for either 30 consecutive or accumulated and whose duty is listed on what the air Force Calls a combined joint statement of Are now authorized to Wear one of four nato according to a june 13 message from the air Force personnel Center at Randolph air Force the missions include operation Eagle an air Mission Over the United states which lasted from 2001 to May 2002 and operation Active an ongoing naval and air opera Tion in the Mediterranean sea that began the other two nato medals air Force personnel might qualify for Are those for the International Security assistance or Mission in the bal which began and includes bos the former Republic of Yugoslavia including Macedonia and Al Bania and the Isaf Mission in which began june but air Force personnel deployed in support of operation enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Are not eligible for nato unless they per formed certain Isaf duties in theater for the required according to the the air Force is waiving the 30day time require ment for any airmen who was wounded or injured and who required air Force members must present a source Docu such As a nato to their local Mili tary personnel flight commander in order to update their personnel the message for More go to or Contact your base military or civilian personnel email Lisa Burgess at  California lawmaker wants Congress to revisit dont dont Tell policy by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington a California Democrat is pushing for congressional hearings on the military dont dont Tell policy for the first time since it was put in place 14 years Ellen one of the leading opponents of the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the Mili said wednesday that she has begun plan Ning with other Mem Bers of the House armed ser Tauscher vices com Mittee on holding Public hearings in coming i think the country and the Rankan file military Are Way ahead of Congress on this Tauscher i think not Only Are the american people but i think our service members Are very much interested in hav ing this ban the policy was put in place in 1993 by Congress after a series of contentious Tauscher said the new hear part of a Campaign to Over turn that will feature Testi Mony from current and former homosexual troops to educate both lawmakers and High ranking military on How Little the change would affect i think there is an interesting stratification Between Flag offic ers and the she whats important is through the hearing process to make Clear that this does not have any affect on a persons ability to in Zogby International published a poll of 545 cur rent which found that 23 percent know some one in their unit who is Homo sex in 78 percent said they would still have joined the military if the dont ask policy was not in compared to 10 percent who said they would have avoided last stars and stripes broke the Story of Jason an openly Gay Sailor who was re called after being separated and served As a linguist in the Middle East despite not concealing that he was after the Story a Knight was again Dis charged from the in its july Issue to be released next the advocate a National Magazine focusing on Homo sexual issues includes stories of two Active duty soldiers who say their commanders know about their sexual preference and have not taken any actions to rep Rimand or remove them from the Tauscher staff said the congresswoman does not have any of those individuals lined up for Testi but she is confident that a number of Active and retired troops can be found to Echo those so far the hearings Are being planned Only on the House Side of Capitol Hill no senators have taken up requests from Gay rights advocates to sponsor a Bill Over turning the military to View the Zogby poll results from go to email Leo Shane at  made in Bradlyn summer sensations pastry footwear by run athletics now available online 10 off with promo