European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paoc8 stars and stripes june iraqis shop at a Market sunday in Central the iraqi capital sprung to life sunday after a fou Day curfew to thwart violence was Hadi curfew lifted in violent Baghdad Odierno Only 40 percent of City under full control of Security forces by Lauren Frayer the associated press Baghdad the iraqi Capi Tal sprang to life sunday after a fou Day curfew to thwart Vio Lence following a provocative at tack on a shiite traffic clogged the capitals main thoroughfares for the first time in several after a vehicle ban imposed by prime minis Ter Nouri Almalik in the Wake of wednesdays suspected Al Aida bombing of the minarets at the Sakariya shrine in North of the the curfew was lifted just hours after a top american Gener Al acknowledged that Security forces have full control in Only 40 percent of the Raymond Odierno assessment came As a Effort to pacify Baghdad entered its fifth with addition Al troops now in but the City has so far seen Little improvement in Overall and a tense political standoff was under Way Between the government and Shi Ite lawmakers who suspended their participation in Odierno said american troops launched a new offensive Friday night in Baghdad Arab Jabour neighbourhood and in Salman a town just Southeast of the Capi it was the first time in three years that soldiers entered those where Al Aida Mili Tants build car bombs and launch Katusha rockets at american bases and shiite Muslim neigh the Overall commander in David said during a news conference Satur Day with visiting defense Secre tary Robert Gates that the opera Tion would put troops into key Alai Adheld areas surrounding Odierno said there was a Long Way to go in retaking the City from shiite Muslim sunni Arab insurgents and Al Aida he said Only about 40 percent is really very Safe on a routine basis with about 30 percent lacking control and a further 30 percent suffering a High level of the military released a statement sunday saying its forces killed 10 suspects and Cap tured 20 in weekend raids across though it was unclear whether the operations were part of the new another statement said at tack helicopters had killed four suspects and wounded three in operations South of in troubled Dyala police said dozens of gunmen opened fire on killing six and wounding four iraqi Security forces responded to the attack in the Jizan Alimam area of and clashes continued there through sunday morn police the associated As of at members of the military have died since tile beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military at least died As a result of hostile according to the military the a count is nine higher than the defense depart ments last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has re ported 150 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Esto two each and Hun South one death the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed Fri Day by a Roadside bomb in Southern Baghdad the latest identifications re ported by the military air Force Kevin son Ohio killed Friday when his f16 fighter crashed shortly after Takeoff from Balad air Iraq assigned to the 112th fighter 180th fighter Ohio National from the associated press a Sadr organizing March on bombed shrine Muntada a Sadr the associated press Iraq Radical cleric Muntada a Sadr called saturday on iraqi shiites to gather next month at the Sakariya shrine that was bombed by suspected sunni militants last week for the second time in 16 months the proposed pilgrimage a politically loaded Call for a show of Faith among shiites carries Seri Ous Security risks for his Call for shiites to pay homage to the shrine will Likely draw huge numbers of the devout among his mainly impoverished supporters in Baghdad and the mainly shiite South of the Sakariya shrine is located in the sunni City of 60 Miles North of where Alsaid linked militants Are known to be roads to Samarra from Baghdad and Southern Iraq go through areas notorious for attacks against shiite Large shiite crowds on religious occasions have in the past consistently attracted vicious attacks by sunni in a statement issued by his office a Sadr said the pilgrimage to the shrine will Climax july which Falls on the birthday of Fatima daughter of islam 7th Century Prophet Muhammad and wife of Imam the founder of the shiite at least 35 dead in Kabul police bus blast people Are kept from the blast site by police on by Rahim Faiez the associated press Afghanistan an enormous bomb ripped through a police Academy bus at Kabul busiest transportation Hub Sun killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 52 in the deadliest insurgent attack in Afghanistan since the invasion in the Taliban claimed Respo Sibili the thunderous explosion in which sheared the Metal sidings and roof off the leaving Only a charred represented a leap in scale from previous Taliban or Al Aida bombings raising the Specter of an increase in Ira style at tacks in in the country a Roadside explosion killed three soldiers from the coalition and their afghan the Brief statement about the blast in Kandahar province did not disclose the Diers the three deaths bring to 84 the number of or nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan this including at least 40 in the Kabul at least 35 people were including 22 said Ahmed Zia head of the cites military a victim said the bus had been filled with a purported Taliban Qari Yousef said a Taliban suicide bomber carried out the the claim by who called a reporter by Satel Lite phone from an undisclosed could not be if it would be the fifth suicide attack in Afghanistan in three unidentifiable body parts littered the blast site 30 Yards hundreds of police and investigators with some pulling bodies from the wreck age ordered civilians to leave the an outdoor bus station normally teeming with at a nearby a Large Blue plastic trash can overflowed with the bloodied shoes and sandals of never in my life have i heard such a said Ali a 48yearold sell ing phone cards a big fireball Fol i saw blood and a decapitated Man thrown out of the wounded people were help help and women and children were shouting and running in different i at least one person on the bus survived the Nasir was sitting in the Back of the bus when the blast went he said the bus had been filled with police instruct there were Between 30 to 40 police instructors in the Ahmad said from a Hospital bed where he was recovering from wounds to his face and despite the Taliban officials were trying to determine if the which went in the front of the was caused by a suicide attacker or a bomb that had been a civilian bus also damaged in the blast was driving just in front of the police vehicle when the blast went and a police officer at the scene said the bus position Likely prevented More civilian