European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes june 2007 Rusty of plays with a Young iraqi girl As other soldiers with company 1st 23rd infantry regiment question several Young men in during the second Day of a massive photos by Drew and stripes a Young iraqi girl Peers out to the courtyard of her Home As soldiers with 1st 23rd infantry regiment patrol their sector of bad Cuba during the second Day of a massive offensive designed to Clear the City of Al Aida rebels and other soldiers conduct sweep in bad Cuba by Drew Brown stars and stripes Iraq the iraqi teenager hesitated for a moment when he encountered the squad of soldiers standing at the top of a rutted dirt Street that he had started to walk he gestured at a As if to in Only going Over if you want to that your said staff Brian of a squad Leader of com Pany 1st 23rd infantry regi motioning him but you May not like whats coming in a few min on the first Day of a massive offensive to Clear the capital of Iraq Dyala province of Al Aida and other soldiers had been or dered to detain Only suspicious looking Mil itary age by the second those orders forces were now instructed to detain All of the iraqi men they enc Oun the change in orders might have sounded Good on but for the soldiers of company it didst make a lot of there was no Way that a Hal dozen troops were going to be Able to control and then transport the dozens of men they were undoubtedly going to encounter in their sector that orders Are and when youre just a Grunt on the its not your Job to question the logic of orders handed Down by its your Job to carry them so when company c entered the House that the iraqi teenage boy had just entered a few minutes they rounded up All of the men in the there were four of them in All teenage none of them they just silently obeyed As the troops motioned for them to hold out their hands As they placed plastic flex cuffs on the father of the a Middle aged Man with thinning told the troops he wrong House hit in airstrike stars and stripes a airstrike in bad Cuba nit the wrong House on wednesday in Juring at least 11 officials said according to military officials in and iraqi troops Clearing the City have encountered several Road Side bombs and several houses rigged up with homemade in most the troops have tried to destroy the bombs or structures before insurgents could detonate in wednesdays which took was a member of the facilities Protection but that he had to quit his Job be cause of death the Man told the troops that he is now in charge of the everyone who lives there fled be cause of he he offered to go in place of his an interpreter a discussion in one of the Young detainees told the troops that he knew where a car bomb was the older Man started naming people in bad Cuba that he said Are associated with inside the Rusty of smiled see what he when you Start flex cuffing people Piehler said through the interpreter that if the information on the car bomb pans the teenager who provided it would be let that dude just got a  he the information on the car bomb was called up on the radio through the Chain of the troops proceeded to the next their detainees in the troops waited to receive instructions either to continue Clearing their sector or to escort the detainees Back to their Stryk what was anticipated As a Short wait place around 4 troops cleared the area around the House and prepared to de stroy it with an officials the bomb missed its intended tar get and struck another away from the targeted As of thursday the 11 injuries were All that had been there was no information on the severity of the the original target was then struck with a hellfire missile producing a Large secondary explosion confirming the House As containing a Large amount of sex a military news release stretched into several hours in the hottest part of the in a typical gesture of iraqi the owner of the House and his sons served the troops hot Tea As they several hours a Jet dropped a precision guided bomb on a nearby inter Section that was suspected of being a team of soldiers later walked the four detainees to the from they were transported to for Ward operating base warhorse for ques Back at the Piehler and Luis of were subjected to intense questioning about what will happen to the Young you Are taking the wrong one of the College Stu dents said in they Are believe said we dont want to take but were stuck in a place be tween our orders and doing the right the first two of whose sons have been rejoined the group in the Liv ing he asked if the soldiers think his sons Are Cruz told them that he Doest think they have done anything but that Hes Only following its not easy for he youve got to we have families we dont want to do but weve got our believe they will be treated the father asked when his sons will be he again offered to go in their Piehler told the Man that they can de Tain if that what he but his sons wont be let hed already called in the fact that Hes detained the matter is out of his you take these four said the a what will happen tomorrow maybe you will come and take another should we leave this area Piehler suggested that would be a Good but where shall we go the Man we cant leave this place right the streets Are you make a Good Piehler i honestly dont have an answer for the conversation continued to go in Cir the father finally Only wanted reassurance that his sons would not be turned Over to the iraqi army or a he was afraid that the army or both of which Are heavily infiltrated by shiite would harm or kill his Piehler and Cruz told the Man that once the boys Are they would either be brought Back to the neighbourhood or be set free at the base and Given cab fare after a the father Shook hands with Piehler and Cruz and wished them the troops Hung around the House for a Little while the other Man and his two the College disappeared into the Back rooms of the Piehler said that he has no plans to detain any of them since they have been so cooperative and the troops and several fall asleep in the sweltering afternoon As they awaited orders Over the radio to move the orders As they the Man of the House stood at the door and Shook hands with Cruz and the other holding a string of prayer he grasped the hand of each Soldier with both he email Drew Brown at