European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes june 2007 bombs kill 7 troops the associated press Baghdad seven troops were killed by Roadside bombs on including four in a sin Gle strike Northwest of the military in a British Soldier died saturday of wounds from a Roadside bombing the Day before in the Southern City of the four soldiers died when an explosion struck their vehicle during combat operations Northwest of the according to a the blast also injured an iraqi a airman also died of wounds suffered in a Roadside bombing near the airmans vehicle in the military two soldiers were killed and three were wounded saturday when their unit was struck by a Roadside then came under Small arms fire in a predominantly shiite area of Eastern the military another Soldier died from a no Nbattle related cause on the military the incident was under identities of the soldiers were not released Pend ing notification of iraqi criminal court convicts 99 people 16 get death penalty by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes sixteen death sentences were handed Down earlier this month by the iraqi court where troops often Are called to testify against the people Treyve in officials the Central criminal court of Iraq convicted 99 people Between May 20 and june one of the death penalty cases was against Dawud Salaman Al a 39yearold member of Al Aida in he was found guilty of participating in the attacks on the Sheraton and Al Hamah he had been captured in septem officials in the largest six iraqis identified As Moa Azea Khazaal Hussein jihad Abd Al radar 0asim Mustafa Mahmoud is Qais Habib and islam Mustafa Abd Al Sattar were sentenced to death for kidnapping three men and killing one of the kidnappers held the men for Ransom near the Adham Yah District of they were captured in september by soldiers from the 1st Bat 26th infantry regiment in in another the court sentenced to death mar wan Jassim 21 Ali Akil 19 and Talab Bulla for kidnapping and torturing an iraqi Man in Anbar the three were captured by marines from the 3rd recon 1st Marine expeditionary on the court found that the hostages were to have been executed just hours before their Faris Abdallah was Given the death penalty after being convicted of being a Media and propaganda Emir for a terrorist Alwan was captured by the 1st 40th Cav Alry division airborne in december in another death penalty Case involved a libyan and a saudi who were convicted of illegally entering Iraq to fight american and iraqi the men were captured in Anbar by iraqi troops and handed Over to the military in since april the court has held resulting in according to the email Joseph Giordono at  Talal and iraqi troops Check a map saturday during operations in hundreds of and iraqi under cover of fought their Way into three neighbourhoods of besieged bad Cuba to help Clear Dyala province of entrenched military says 2 senior Al Aida militants caught by Bushra Juki the associated press Baghdad and iraqi troops Cap tured two senior Al Aida militants Satur Day in a predawn opera Tion by forces working with iraqi informants in Baghdad main shiite District of Sadr City netted three other militants suspected of ties to the military the americans have accused Iran of pro Viding mainly shiite militias with training and powerful Roadside bombs known As explosively formed or that have killed hundreds of troops in re cent the announcement of the capture of two senior Al Aida members in Cikrit came after concerns were raised that much of the terror organizations local leadership fled before a major military crack Down began on the ground forces Raymond has said bad tubas Al Aida leadership Learned about the american Advance beforehand and fled before the americans moved iraqi Abdul Karim Elrubaie said the suspects were transferred to Bagh but he provided no More information about their seven other suspected Al Aida fighters were arrested in the Center of and 30 hostages were released from a prison elsewhere in the provincial Elrubaie the military said earlier saturday that at least 55 Al Aida operatives have been killed and 23 detained since the Start of operation Arrowhead it also said 16 weapons caches have been disco and 28 Roadside bombs and 12 Boob trapped structures have been de Early last creeping House House through Western soldiers made a startling discovery a suspected Al Aida Field Hospital stocked with oxygen heart defibrillators and other medical the find displayed a Laidas sophisticated support network in a mostly sunni City of about bad Cuba has received Little Aid or other services from the Central which feared supplies would end up with As the Field Hospital much assistance did end up bypassing Resi dents and found its Way to the terrorist or there Are a multitude of systematic functions that Arent said Robbie spokesman for the 3rd 2nd infantry the iraqi government has to bad Cuba is in and we need to so far that has not officials but there Are signs of the iraqi government is very Imma but there getting better and saying the right weve got to hold them to said the ground forces com kurd Hope for closure on eve of anal verdict Iraq Many in Northern Iraq said they were looking Forward to anticipating that Ali Hassan Saddam Hussein will get the death penalty for allegedly using chemical weapons against kurd in the late 1980s the verdict in his trial was expected to be Given the Case called anal after the codename for the Campaign do snot include the deaths of an estimated people in a 1988 chemical weapons attack in but the impoverished town has become a focal Point for the anger Over the operation that led to the deaths of Almajid has denied he was responsible for the Halaja attack or others that earned him the nickname chemical report paying for tribal Protection not working Washington contracts with tribal chiefs to protect Iraq electricity grids have not paid according to the estimated number of attacks against coalition and iraqi forces in april were adjusted from to the government accountability office said in the revised re released the has spent about billion to rebuild Iraq Oil and electricity sectors from the budget years 2003 through the also has spent billion in iraqi sabotage is driving much of the Iraq ministry of electricity has contracted with tribal sheiks to protect the Elentri Cal transmission lines running through their areas and pays them about to per according to the yet the tactic is not auditors from the associated press deaths Iraq As of at least members of the military have died since the beginning 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 num the a count is 12 higher than the defense departments last updated Friday at 10 the British military has reported 152 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 seven Al Sal five four three thai two each and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed thurs Day during combat in Southwest Ern the latest identifications reported by the military army Jacob died monday in Balad of wounds suffered when explosive detonated sunday near his vehicle in Baghdad was As signed to the 1st 8th cavalry 2nd brigade combat 1st cavalry Divi fort two marines were killed wednesday while conducting combat operations in Anbar prov both were assigned to com Bat logistics battalion 13th Marine expeditionary i Marine expeditionary Camp killed were Marine Shawn Marine staff Stephen Afghanistan and other areas As of at least 337 Mem Bers of the military have died in Pakistan and Uzbekistan As a result of the invasion of Afghanistan in late according to the defense the department last updated its figures june of the military reports 216 were killed by hostile outside the afghan the defense department reports 61 More members of the Mili tary died in support of operation enduring of two were the result of hostile the military lists these other locations As Guantanamo Bay naval Cuba Djibouti Eri trea Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Philippines Seychelles Sudan Tajikistan Turkey and there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civil Ian the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications reported by the military army Dustin died thursday in Miri of wounds suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle was assigned to the 2nd 508th Para Chute infantry 4th Bri Gade combat 82nd air borne fort the associated press