European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the Mili tary have died since the begin Ning 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 a count is two higher than the defense depart ments last updated wednesday at 10 the British military has re ported 151 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 no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military army Darryl died tuesday in bad Cuba from an explosive assigned to the 1st 12th cavalry regi 3rd brigade combat 1st cavalry fort army Larry Parks died Mon Day in Arab Jabor when an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 1st Battal 30th infantry 2nd brigade combat 3rd infantry fort army Eric died monday in Balad of wounds from Small arms fire in Baghdad As signed to the 3rd 61st cavalry 2nd brigade combat 2nd in Fantry fort three soldiers died june 14 in Kirkuk when an explosive detonated near their All were assigned to the 2nd 35th infantry regi 3rd brigade infantry combat 25th infantry Schofield killed were army Derek Rob Gold army Val army Farid Elan army Richard Maine died june 14 in Scania from wounds suffered june 13 when explosives detonated near his vehicle assigned to company 1st 152nd Field artillery Maine army National water announces deaths of 14 troops the associated press Baghdad the military on thurs Day announced the deaths of 14 american including five killed in a single Road Side bombing and one whose vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled the deadliest strike was a Roadside bomb that struck a Convoy in northeastern Bagh dad on killing five multinational division Baghdad three iraqi civilians and one iraqi the military said in a also a rocket propelled grenade struck a vehicle in Northern Baghdad at about killing one multinational Soldier and wounding three oth another statement four other multinational division Baghdad soldiers were killed and one was wounded wednesday when their Convoy was struck by a Roadside bomb in a Western neigh boyhood in the the military said Sepa Southwest of two task Force Marne soldiers were killed and four were wounded tuesday when explosions struck near their the military Correct ing an earlier statement that gave the Date of the attack As two marines assigned to multinational Force West also were killed wednesday while conducting combat operations in Anbar West of the Mili tary identities were not released pending notification of the deaths raised to at least Mem Bers of the military who have died since the Iraq War started in March Accord ing to an associated press iraqis carry a poster of influential cleric Ayatollah All Alsi Stani on thursday in the holy City of Najaf As they protest the recent bombing of a shiite shrine in the show of Unity included several people waving iraqi flags and banners with slogans like death to at least 16 dead in suicide truck blast by Hamto Ahmed the associated press Baghdad a suicide truck bomber struck the Sulaiman Bek City Hall in a predominantly sunni area of Northern killing at least 16 people and wounding an iraqi commander thousands of protesters also rallied in the shiite holy City of 100 Miles South of Bagh waving iraqi flags and the Black and Green shiite banners with slogans such As death to Al Aida in a show of Unity Fol lowing the bombing that brought Down the twin minarets of a re Vered mosque in the explosion in Sulaiman Bek occurred about and killed 16 Anwar Kama Amin the commander of the iraqi army 2nd Bri Gade blamed the blast on saying it was the latest in a series of strikes by the terror network against government offi whom they accuse of collaborating with the and the iraqi Sulaiman Bek is about 100 Miles North of the capital and just outside the Border with Dyala where thousands of troops Are engaged in an offensive against Al Aida in Amin said the target apparently was the who has lost five relatives in previous assassination the blast heavily damaged the City along with several nearby houses and Thamir a 28yearold said he was on his Way to City Hall to do some paperwork to get a new ration card when the blast of knocking him off his feet and wounding him in the head and i was walking in the Street heading to the City Hall when a truck drove up and parked out the Driver got out and was just outside the truck when the explosion took Mohammed said from his Hospital bed in near by Tuz sports officials Gath ered for a funeral for an iraqi bodybuilding Mahir Mohammed who was killed in the bombing of a shiite mosque tuesday in Central at least 21 people were killed or found dead in attacks nation including the director of a Branch office of Radical shiite cleric Muntada who was shot to death near the Southern new offensive takes aim at terror cells South of Baghdad stars and stripes american and iraqi forces have kicked off another operation against apparent Al Aida in Iraq this time South of it is the latest in a string of announced offensives by the including the House House Clearing in North of the new announced thursday and dubbed operation commando is geared toward curbing terrorist activity Southwest of according to a Mili tary press a mix of helicopter borne air assaults and humvee the operation includes soldiers from several battalions of the 2nd Bri Gade combat 10th Mountain division and the 4th 6th iraqi army the which began targeted a series of houses which local Citi Zens indicated were being used by Al Aida cells to intimidate them and launch attacks against iraqi and coalition the re lease according to the troops from the 2nd 14th infantry regi ment arrested three men whose truck was found to contain documents requesting Rock ets As Well As a spool of Copper commonly used to build improvised explosive Devic iraqi troops uncovered a weapons Cache that included a sniper 20 homemade Gre four ski 75 compact discs of propaganda and terror techniques instructing methods to commit kidnappings and to shoot Down coalition and various bomb making troops of the 2nd 15th Field artillery regiment found weapons caches that included Small rocket propelled grenades and High