European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes june 2007 deaths in Iraq the associated press 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 re sult of hostile Accord ing to the military the a count is 20 higher than the defense depart ments last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has re ported 153 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Esto Netherlands and two each and Hun Romania and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military four soldiers were killed saturday by a Roadside bomb Northwest of a airman was killed saturday by a Roadside bomb a Soldier died saturday from noncombat related causes in two soldiers were killed saturday by an explosive and Small arms fire in Eastern the latest identifications re ported by the military army Karen Clift Lehigh died thursday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when her vehicle was hit with a rocket pro pulled grenade was assigned to the 554th military police 95th military police Ger army Raymond Spencer died thursday in Bagh dad of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents using an explosive and Small arms fire assigned to the 2nd 12th cavalry 4th brigade com Bat 1st cavalry Divi fort ii were closing the its the hardcore fighters left Guys who will die for their As misaligned As that and they want to kill As Many forces As they military announces three More deaths Baghdad the Mili tary on sunday reported three More soldiers died the Day before two in fighting and one due to a noncombat one multinational division Soldier was killed sat urday when his patrol was at tacked with Small arms fire in Southern while another was killed and one wounded Dur ing combat operations Northwest of the North of a task Force lightning Soldier died saturday in a noncombat re lated from the associated press Mick Bednarek of the 25th infantry division and head of operation Arrowhead Ripper advances in Western bad Cuba doubts Over iraqi ability to hold gains by Lauren Frayer the associated press Iraq a major offensive has cleared about 60 percent of Western bad Cuba of but iraqi Security forces Are not quite up to the Job yet of holding the gains Long the commander of the opera Tion said some american troops were in their sixth Day of combat in this mostly sunni Muslim 35 Miles Northeast of Baghdad part of a quartet of operations to oust Al Aida from the capitals the 25th infantry divisions Mick head of operation Arrowhead said forces now control about 60 percent of the cites West have killed Between 60 and 100 suspected Al Aida and have detained about 60 insure one american Soldier has died in the he the Challenge now is How do you hold onto the terrain youve cleared you have to do that Shoul Dert shoulder with iraqi Security Bednarek and there not quite up to the Job across Dyala where bad Cuba is the iraqi troops Are Short on trucks and he Bednarek predicted it would be several weeks before iraqi police and soldiers could keep Al Aida out of Western and months before they were Able to do the same on the cites East Side and outlying he estimated that Between 50 and 100 insurgents were in Side a Security cordon tight ening in on the Khatoon neighbor Hood of Western were closing the Bednarek its the hardcore fighters left Guys who will die for their As misaligned As that and they want to kill As Many forces As they in addition to patrols have distributed some pounds of flour and water to residents trapped in their Homes during the said command Jeff hug of with the a mys 5th 20th infantry blindfolded terrorist suspects Are brought to an iraqi army base in 35 Miles Northeast of eight suspected Al Aida members were arrested during a joint and iraqi offensive in sunni nationalist group joins fight by Lauren Frayer the associated press Iraq two months a dozen sunni insurgents hungry and in hand cuffs stepped tentatively into a combat outpost near bad Cuba and asked to speak to the com Mander were out of but we want to help you fight now hundreds of fighters from the 1920s revolution an erstwhile sunni insurgent work As scouts and gather intelligence for the american Force in the fifth Day of its Mission to remove Al Aida gunmen and bomb makers from the Dyala provincial Capi Little so Well illustrates the Middle Eastern dictum the enemy of my enemy is my and As it struggles in the rag ing heat and violence of Central the military appears to have bought into the tactic in its struggle to pull what Victory it can from the increasingly troubled american Mission in under congressional pres sure for a troop pullout and a presidential election Campaign already in the minds of each army company in an hours drive North weve Given them a Little some but mostly humanitarian were not arming these were just changing the direction there pointing their guns 9 f Raymond Odierno ground forces commander bad Cuba one of four offensives against Al Aida on the flanks of the iraqi the informants have Given the american troops exact coordinates of suspected Al Aida Safe with details Down to the color of the Gate out said Avan Ulas commander of the 1st 23rd infantry most of the brigades whom officials Call concerned local Hail from East Ern while the bulk of the fighting has so far raged in Western but with contacts among fellow sunni fighters on the cites West they have fed american soldiers critical information about Al Aida the american decision to bring insurgents into the mis Sion has angered shiite prime minister Nouri Almalik who told visiting defense Secretary Robert Gates recently that the tactic getting too cozy with former Back but officials defend the first tested in Iraq once volatile Western Anbar where officials tout Success in turning sunni tribal leaders against weve Given them a Little some but mostly humanitarian were 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