European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes june 2007 police say hotel blast targeted Iraq sheiks bombing killed at least including 4 Anbar tribal chiefs by Bushra Juki the associated press Baghdad a suicide bomber apparently targeting a meeting of sunni sheiks penetrated layers of Security and blew himself up in the lobby of a Bagh dad hotel on killing four of the tribal leaders and at least nine other peo police the sheiks were associated with the Anbar salvation which has taken up arms to help drive extremists of Al Aida in Iraq from the Western province of a Man wearing a Belt of explosives walked into the Mansour hotel approached the group of sheiks meeting and detonated his said a police officer based at the who spoke on condition of he identified four tribal leaders killed As former Anbar Faisal Sheik of the Albu Nimir tribe Sheik Abdulaziz Alf Hadawi of the Fahad tribe Sheik Tariq Saleh Alassaf and Fadil both of the Albu Nimr three of Algu oods guards also were the police officer Aziz a defense ministry also was killed in the hotel a ministry official speaking on Condi Tion of it was a great breach of Security be cause there Are three one out Side and two said hotel worker Saif who witnessed the at least 27 people were reported wound the attack was the fifth in a string of bombings monday morning that killed at least 46 people across the military issued statements Mon Day on the following incidents a Soldier was killed in a Small arms attack monday in South Bagh dad or its suicide bombers killed at least 13 iraqi police officers in an attack on a joint Security station in 155 Miles North of at least nine other iraqis were reported killed at the scene in unclear Circum and 21 others were reported five american soldiers suffered minor wounds in the Beiji after two car bombs detonated about in the Beiji at least 30 insurgents attacked firing Small arms and rocket propelled iraqi police and paratroopers of the 82nd airborne division repelled the at Hadi an iraqi policeman stands monday in the bombed lobby of Baghdad Mansour commander Transfer to iraqi forces will be slow by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the strategy of As iraqis stand we will stand Down appears to have backfired in Dyala prov the province shows what happens when troops Transfer Security too quickly to ill prepared iraqi said Dana commander of the Iraq assistance three army brigade combat teams Are currently trying to retake Diya la province from Al Aida who is at the end of his assign ment in charge of embedded transition said monday that he believes the Security handover in Dyala happened Way too weve got to be because it was just a few years by the end of believe it or Many people were saying Dyala province was going to be one of the first provinces to go to provincial iraqi control it was going that Pittard because of the the coalition decided to reduce its presence in Dyala province from two brigade combat teams to and hand Over Security responsibility to the he then came the february 2006 attack on the Golden mosque in there just want enough coalition Force Structure there in Dyala to be Able to keep a lid on that and now were Here where we now have three coalition Force brigades in Day nearly troops along with their iraqi counterparts trying to now regain stability in Dyala Pittard Pittard also conceded that the iraqi a mys 5th which assumed Security responsibility for most of Dyala prov Ince in was not ready for a number of reasons including a shortage of troops and logistical because of the fact that other sunni insurgents and even shia militias in the South had become so in grained and implanted into the it just was too much for the iraqi Security at that to be Able to handle on their he he said it will take time to rebuild Diya and ultimately it will take a couple of years before the iraqis Are ready to As sume full Security responsibility for their he Pittard said there is a lesson to be Learned from the coalitions experience in Dyala do not draw Down too quickly when we think there is a Glimmer of Suc Cess it will take it will take time for the iraqi Security forces to be Able to take Over for our email Jeff Schogol at  about 45 minutes another suicide car bomb exploded at a joint army checkpoint in Central 9 Miles West of killing two iraqi sol Diers and wounding three an iraqi army officer there were no re ported earlier in the a suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint near the Gover nors offices in the predominantly shiite Southern City of killing at least eight people and wounding police it was the second such attack in Hillah in three three of the eight killed in the explosion were As were at least four of the said a spokesman for the provincial police the attacker drove his car into a Check Point that leads to the Headquarters of the Babil provincial the fifth bomb was in a parked car that exploded in the Center of the Northern City of killing one civilian and wounding 20 police Mohammed Alwa Kaa he said there were no police or military targets at the in other violence monday two mortar rounds struck Baghdad Fadhil Dis a sunni killing two civilians and wounding three police the military also announced late sunday a 12th weekend death of a Soldier who died of wounds sustained from a Road Side bomb and smaller misfire attack in Eastern Baghdad on a statement by the association of mus Lim scholars urged shiite muslims on Mon Day to cancel a March toward a destroyed warning that such a move will fur ther inflame sectarian the plea was in response to a Call by shiite cleric Muntada a Sadr for his followers to March july 5 to the Sakariya shrine in a that was bombed for a second time june we want you to be aware that this step in this current situation is not suitable and its risks Are Clear to the sunni association said in the deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have died since the begin Ning of the Iraq War in March Accord ing to an associated press the Fig ure includes seven military at least died As a result of hostile according to the military the a count is 24 higher than the de sense departments last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has reported 153 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 seven Al five four three two each and South one death the latest deaths reported by the Mili tary a Soldier was killed saturday North West of a Soldier was killed saturday by Small arms fire in Southern a Soldier was killed saturday by an explosive and Small arms fire in Eastern a Soldier died saturday in a noncom Bat related incident North of the latest identifications reported by the military airman 1st class Jason died in a location in Iraq the military did not of wounds suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the 48th Security forces Raf Laken military bypass Road to replace Bridge ready stars and stripes american and iraqi troops have completed a bypass Road to replace a major Bridge destroyed by insurgents earlier this officials said the Sarhah which provided a crucial Road link Between Baghdad and Northern Kirkuk was destroyed by a bomb on june it was one of several major attacks on Bridges in with Mili tary officials speculating that the attacks were meant to Stop the flow of people and Commerce Between regions of the on officials the bypass around the Sarhah Bridge was completed by the 4th iraqi army division and the army 25th infantry divisions 3rd brigade special troops work to fully repair the Bridge itself is under officials this bypass Road is essential to the economic health of Kirkuk Provin Cial governor Abdulrahman Mustafa was quoted As saying in a military news re but it is we Are Here today to reassure the Public that we will continue to cooperate to rebuild the other attacks on Bridges included a parked truck bomb that destroyed a Bridge Over the Dyala River in bad Cuba on june a Day before that three sol Diers were killed when insurgents knocked Down an overpass on the main Highway South of in March and three of Baghdad 13 Bridges had been the worst of those attacks was on the Saraf Yah Bridge 11 people were killed when a bomb col lapsed the Span into the officials have blamed Al Aida in Iraq for the