European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 8 stars and stripes june 2on fully manned troops go on offence Complete surge Force targets key Al Aida areas by Lolita Baldor the associated press Baghdad the Mili which just Days ago completed its latest troop buildup in has launched a Large offensive operation in several Al Aida Strong holds around the top commander said David Petraeus said the operation began in the last 24 hours and will put forces into key areas surrounding Baghdad according to Al Aida is using to base some of its car bomb who met with de sense Secretary Robert Gates at a morning also said that he Doest have All the american troops he might but he knows Hes got All Hes going to theres never been a military commander in history who  like to have More of something or characterizes All of us he told re porters travelling with the fact is frankly that we have All that our country is going to pro vide us in terms of combat that is really it right he said the buildup of nearly additional forces that has just been completed allowed him to launch the latest the ii theres never been a military commander in history we Jyh  of David Petraeus top commander in Iraq Andrew defense Secretary Robert walks with army David the top commander in during a visit to a joint Security station in Baghdad on he is allowing him to Send operations for the first time into a number of areas around in particular to go into areas that were sanctuaries in the past of the ground forces com said and iraqi forces have full control in Only 40 percent of Baghdad in the fifth month of the operation to retake the City from shiite militia sunni insurgents and Raymond Odierno also said that american forces began a drive Friday night into the dangerous regions of Arab Jabour and Salman Pac on the Southern fringes of it marked the first time in three years that soldiers have crossed into the Al Aida Strong where the militants build car bombs and launch Katusha rockets at american bases and shiite Muslim Petraeus provided few details of the new but said he believes it will help the military make some Progress in where the War is in its fifth year and casualties have sur passed defense Secretary Robert Gates and his military leaders Are under intense pressure from con Gress and the american Public to begin to show real Progress in Iraq so that troop withdrawals can missing soldiers id cards found in Safe House in Iraq by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad american Para troops found the id cards of two missing soldiers at an Al Aida Safe House 75 Miles North of where the men were snatched in an ambush last the Mili tary said on the soldiers found video equipment and weapons but no sign of the missing the Surprise discovery was made june 9 near the Safe House was otherwise the military statement american soldiers approaching the building came under fire from a nearby stand of and two were wounded before air sup port could Alex Jimenez and Byron Fouty were snatched in a raid on their 10th Mountain Divi Sion unit on May 12 near the body of a third sol Dier taken in the Joseph Anzack was found floating in the euphrates four soldiers and an iraqi translator were kilted in the May 12 am the islamic state of a front group for claimed in a video posted on the internet this month that All three missing soldiers were killed and the militants showed images of the military ids of of and of but offered no proof that they were bad news is Good said Wendy a Friend of the Jimenez its better than not getting any news for getting this news is something we keep hoping that Hes we have nothing that tells us with Baghdad and Basra the country second largest City and Gateway to the persian Gulf under violent deaths were Down dramatically Satur Only three people were re ported to have been killed or found dead in sectarian that does not count the discovery of 13 bodies of a Tae Kwon do that was kidnapped last year in Western Iraq while driving to a training Camp in neighbor ing the bodies were found 65 Miles West of according to police and Hospital aides to prime minister noun Almalik told the associate site the identification cards of Byron and Alex Are they were recovered neared press that talks saturday be tween defense Secretary Robert Gates and the iraqi Leader were difficult and extremely two top political advisers to the prime minister told the associated press that a Shi objected vigorously to the new policy of arming and training sunni militants in the fight against a third said Gates told Almalik that Benchmark political and legislative action including a new Law to share Oil revenues must be Complete by september when the defense Secretary must report to the Congress on Progress in also on an air Force spokesman said an Ohio National guard Pilot was killed Friday when his f16 fighter crashed shortly after Takeoff from Balad air base in Central Home Lune specials 305 new 295 395 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