European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages general fal Lujah to be cleared by August by Kim Gamel the associated press Baghdad a Marine commander in Anbar province predicted that Al Aida fighters will be expelled from fal Lujah by August As the military moves to Cut insurgent Supply and reinforcement lines into Baghdad and surrounding John the Deputy commander for american forces West of said Al Aida in Iraq largely has been pushed out of population centers in much of the Anbar he cited the Success in turning sunni tribes against the Organiza Tion and an influx of american troops to Chase Al Aida out of re Gions around the the vast majority of them have been pushed out of the popu lation Allen said the surge has Given us the troops we needed to really Clear those so we cleared them and we he said and iraqi troops were trying to repeat recent Suc Cess in calming the provincial using the same  tactics in fal Lujah a sunni in surgent bastion that was first cleared by a massive american assault in were going to finish off those neighbourhoods by he the people Are really responding establishing very quickly neighbourhood watch organizations and a police precinct Headquarters now in every neigh he Allen said the military planned to oust Al Aida fighters from Kar 30 Miles South of by the end of and tackle them in the area around tharthare Lake to the were going to Clear Karanah Here very he de scribing the town As a Way Sta Tion to and from the and were going to go up around Lake tharthare and were going to go after them a new cooperation Between forces and sunni tribal Lead ers in recent months has allowed them to Clear Alq Aidale extremist elements from some of the most violent areas in the vast desert province that stretches West from Baghdad to the Bor Ders with Syria and saudi Odd smoke rises Over a heavily protected Green zone in Baghdad that houses the embassy and iraqi government after a Volley of mortars landed there were no immediate reports on series of rockets or mortars slam area by Qassim Abdulzahra the associated press Baghdad a series of mortars or rockets slammed into the Green zone on and an official said at least one round struck a parking lot used by the iraqi prime minis Ter and his Security the barrage occurred a Day after the military acknowledged an increasing pattern of attacks against the sprawling Complex on the West Bank of the Tigris River despite a Security crackdown now in its fifth a huge plume of Black smoke billowed into the sky and helicopters buzzed overhead after about nine blasts occurred in Quick succession around 10 at least one mortar round struck a parking lot used by prime minister Nouri Almalik and his Secu Rity an official from the prime ministers of fice the official spoke on condition of anonymity because he want authorized to release the info the embassy confirmed there were rounds of indirect the military term for rockets or mor but said it could not immediately provide de tails such As where they a recent increase in mortar and rocket attacks on the Green which houses the embassy and major iraqi government has raised new con Cern about the Security of thousands of soldiers and foreign As Well it was unclear whether the rounds were fired by sunni or shiite both groups operate in areas of the City within rocket and mortar Range of the heavily fortified Complex of Concrete buildings and mortar and rocket Crews can set up their weapons quickly on the Beds of trucks or in parts of the City with limited fire their rounds and flee before and iraqi forces can a june 5 report said insurgents had bombarded the Green zone with rockets and mortar fire More than 80 times since reportedly killing at least 26 rear Mark a military spokesman in declined to provide details on the num Ber of attacks against the Green which also is known As the International but said they were its Clear that there is an attempt to get Lucky and there is unquestionably an increasing Pat Tern of attacks Here against the International theres no doubt about Fox said wednesday at a joint news conference with iraqi military spokes Man Qassim Almous Sawi said the attacks were coming from inside residential causing difficulties in responding to them because of concern about civilian nato Soldier killed by afghan mine explosion the associated press Afghanistan a nato vehicle rolled Over a mine in Eastern Afghanistan triggering a blast that killed one the 90th foreign military fatality in a year of surging Vio the United mean said it had responded to growing insecurity by suspending shipments of food Aid to seven vol Atile with fighting especially in the country Tali ban and other militants Are locked in daily Battles with foreign and afghan troops trying to support the embattled government of pres ident Hamid the nato Soldier died when his vehicle struck a pressure plat de mine in Andar District of Ghazi military officials two of the wounded soldiers were taken to a where one of them three others were treated at the scene for minor a nato statement the nationality of the troops was not though most of the nato soldiers in the area Are Petraeus Iran armed kidnappers of 5 brits the associated press London five britons who were kidnapped in Baghdad last month Are being held by a secret cell of the Mahdi army militia that was trained and funded by the top commander in Iraq was quoted thursday As a very intensive Effort is under Way to find the David Petraeus was quoted As saying in the London newspaper the the captives four Security guards and a consultant were abducted from the iraqi finance ministry on May 29 by some 40 heavily armed men who took them in the direction of Bagh dads sprawling shiite District of Sadr iraqi officials have said they believe the britons were taken hos Tage by the Mahdi army which is largely Loyal to the Radical shiite cleric Muntada but Petrae us was quoted As telling the it is a secret cell of Jawish Almahdi the Mahdi they Are trained in equipped with iranian weapons and advised by the iranian involvement Here we have found to be much More significant than we thought speaking in Baghdad heavily fortified Green Petraeus said of the there have been several operations to try to Rescue we just have not had the right the times iraqi officials have said the Mahdi army May have grabbed the men in retaliation for the kill ing by British forces of the Mili Tias commander in the Southern City of the Mahdi army has been blamed for Many of the sectarian attacks in the has Long accused Iran of fueling the violence by provid ing weapons and training fight the British ambassador to Dominic has appealed to the kidnappers of the five britons to release them or open Petraeus reduce your interest rate by up to theres never been a better time to buy a new Volvo As we will help pay up to half of your finance order your new 2008 Volvo now and take 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