European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 4 stars and stripes Mideast edition june 2007 in help amid the chaos gis keep watch As iraqis give food to families by Drew Brown stars and stripes Iraq bombs were going off on one Side of the while and iraqi troops were distributing emergency supplies of food and water on the it was the sixth Day of a massive and iraqi offensive to Clear bad Cuba of Al Aida fighters and other As troops with the 1st 23rd in Fantry 3rd Stryker brigade com Bat team continued to press the fight in the Section of town known As new Bayou other soldiers with the 296th brigade support battalion and iraqi troops handed out bags of flour and crates of water to residents of old bad Cuba who had been caught up in the it was the fourth Day that troops had distributed the emergency at Only a few residents trickled but As word that trickle became a with hundreds of people waiting in line under the scorching afternoon As the people iraqi troops unloaded 50pound bags of Rice and plus countless crates of bottled what were doing is a humanitarian Aid said Scot of the 296th brigade support its about a three week Supply for each Fame the Supply drop was one of several throughout the pears the Day be troops gave supplies to about 220 families about 30 families were turned away after supplies ran pears said troops were keen to let iraqis take the Lead on the distribution of the idea is that within a the la iraqi army will be doing this on their pears men were made to stand in one while women and children stood in the each person was patted Down quickly for weapons before being allowed to proceed to pick up their allotment one bag of one bag of flour and a crate of but As orderly As the troops tried to keep the it soon devolved into something just Short of As soon As the handouts three old women who received their supplies first started clamouring for claiming that they had More than one family to care photos by Drew Brown stars and stripes above Brandy of gives an iraqi boy a High five during a humanitarian Aid Mission to deliver emergency supplies of food and water to local residents in left a group of iraqi women and children wait for a couple of iraqi apparently sympathetic to their began to Load the women up with Only one bag shouted look at All these people if they get More than then a lot of these people Are going to get Only a few dozen people stood in line when the distribution within an there were including a Large crowd that had gathered across the two Lane Boulevard separating the old Sec Tion of the City from new where random explosions continued to Rock the of a group of iraqi army troops trying to control the crowd allowed groups of about 20 to Cross the wide Street at a much to the consternation of a Trio of troops there to help provide the rules were that no men of military roughly 15 to were to be allowed to Cross the Only older plus women and As one group of men tried to Jeremy of waved them Back across the hey he no military age males a Doest he to no one in i dont know How Many times we have to Tell Lavender called Over to Sam Zim of and told him to iraqi troops find execution House stars and stripes Iraq iraqi and american troops have discovered an alleged execution House and an insurgent prison Dur ing Clearing operations in military officials said the discoveries were made in Khatoon Section of the City on the sixth Day of whats being called operation Arrowhead soldiers from 5th 20th infantry regiment discovered the execution House using information from local Citi who said it had been used by a military press release soldiers searching the House found five bodies buried in the Yard behind the build ing and bloody clothes inside it a House had been converted into an illegal prison with several numbered rooms and bars covering the build Ings several blindfolds were found a Day officials troops had found what were described As a torture chamber and an illegal courthouse run by Al Aida those facilities were found in the same area As the execution House and officials the fact that we continue to fled these Boob trapped houses filled withe Plo Sives and torture Chambers Only reaffirms that Al Aida has no regard for the safety and welfare of the people of bad Cuba they Only want to see death and destruct Gary chief of staff for task Force was quoted As say ing in the since the operation at least 58 suspected militants have been killed and 60 others have been officials said officials also said 23 weapons caches have been discovered and 17 Boob trapped structures have been de fire warning shots Well away from the if another group of men tried to no warning shots were Nec most of the women on the new bad Cuba Side had already made it across the Street and the men who remained appeared Content to stand their a group of women carrying bags of Rice and flour on top of their they smiling and giving the thumbs up email Drew Brown at  military exploring ways to support tribal allies stars and stripes the military is exploring new ways to offer support to tribes that have turned against Al Aida or want to protect their Usa today re ported the goal is to encourage the Many of which Are com posed of former sunni insure to join Iraq army and police Rick a division staff officer who works with told Usa today that the military is establishing regulations that would allow command ers to dispense Aid More Welch gave the paper several options under consideration Security the military has tentatively decided it can hire a Security company com posed of tribesmen or other groups to protect a building or other As Long As the group is licensed by Iraq Interior minis medical when some sunnis in the Amariyah Sec Tion of Baghdad recently clashed with Al Aida the military provided medical help to wounded Welch Cash rewards Al ready have been offered for intelligence condolence pay ments could be made to the families of tribesmen who were killed while some contend the program has Lon term repercussions that can Only be guessed at military officers quoted by Mcclatchy newspapers last week said that by giving weapons and training to sunnis in Anbar and Baghdad who were previously associated with sunni insurgent the program endorses unofficial armed groups Over offi Cial iraqi forces As guarantors of iraqi iraqi prime minister Nouri a voiced his opposition to the program directly to Iraq commander David Sami a close adviser to told my its a sort of when we Are trying to get rid of the current alas Kari by Arm ing these tribes Well make it the military is working to soothe Alma Likis concerns that tribes Are creating militias out Side the realm of Usa today the trend began in Anbar prov stars and stripes reported june 3 that Anbar tribesmen who once hoped that Al Aida in Iraq would help rid them of forces say they were double crossed by the religious since the tribes have joined the fight against violence in particularly the former in surgent stronghold of has Welch acknowledged to Usa today that some americans re main wary of supporting former not All in the coalition Are thrilled to be working with people that we have who Are responsible for killing sol he