European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 6 stars and stripes july 2007 23 insurgents dead in new ramada fighting by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes american and iraqi troops killed at least 23 suspected insurgents and captured at least two others when they attacked a group of fighters who had Gath ered on the outskirts of ramada to stage a series of Large scale at according to a military news release issued the fighting took place on sat urday and sunday in an area about three Miles South of the City called Nazeera Al or Don key while ramada has Long been an insurgent stronghold in the heart of Anbar officials Over the past several months have reported a dramatic Down turn in violence in the Mili tary commanders have attributed that Success to a group of tribal leaders who have joined forces with american troops to fight hardcore islamist militants in the As the fighting earlier this week those same military commanders have said Rural areas outside the City Are possible spots for Al Aida in Iraq and other fighters to the Battle began saturday morning when militants attacked american troops with Small arms and rocket american and iraqi troops had earlier received intelligence re ports that militants had been Gath ering to regain a base of operations in Anbar with suicide car and Vest bomb Over the course of the recent troops called in Apache helicopter Marine f18 hornets and harrier fighter according to military when the fighting troops found 22 dead including seven who were Wear ing suicide bomb most of the enemy were dressed in similar White dish dashes and White running an outfit often associated with extremist fighters prepared to kill officials As troops continued to search the a second attack was mounted by insurgents using machine grenades and suicide one More insurgent was killed in that helicopter gunships and fighter jets were again called destroying what was described As a Bunker since last when 1st Bri 1st armoured division led troops established an eve great or number of smaller outposts within the the situation in a Madi has with units under com Mand of the 1st 3rd in Fantry division expanding those bases to include smaller towns outside the City military officials have hoped the City has turned a the tactics involve sweeping the area Clear of insurgents while embedding troops inside the the troops live along Side iraqi letting them run operations while the americans provide financial and military in interviews with stars and stripes in the 1st 3rd id commander John Charlton said he knows peace and Calm can be Short lived in while an increasing local police Force is an encouraging military officials also know things can reverse i think whats promising Here is the level of support we have from the local Charl ton said in that what gives me optimism about the Way email Joseph Giordono at  3 gis Hurt As mortars hit Camp Echo Alaa iraqis sift through the rabble of a Home destroyed in an airstrike in 80 Miles South of on the military called in the airstrike after a barrage of mortar and rocket attacks on nearby Camp Echo and stars and stripes As Many As 75 mortar and rocket rounds struck a base and nearby neighbourhoods As fierce fighting erupted South of Bagh the military said tues according to military the insurgent attack started around 2 when Camp Echo and nearby Resi dents of Diw Aniyah suffered a bar rage of indiscriminate mortar fire and rocket attacks from insurgents operating in the Al Jumuris about 25 rounds struck inside the perimeter of Camp wounding three officials the estimated 50 other rounds landed outside the but within populated areas of the there were no immediate re ports of civilian during the the military called on a pair of f16 at tack jets to bomb the suspected launch the bulk of the attacks were conducted from Salim where insurgents persistently use Urban areas from which to in order to use civilians As human a military state ment coalition forces Are reviewing the incident to ensure that appropriate and proportion ate Force was used in responding to the intense iraqi Media reported that sever Al civilians were killed in the air strike and indirect fire news agencies quoted Diw Aniyah Hospital officials As saying More than a dozen people were killed and 30 according to several the fighting touched off protests in the City by people caught in the Diw Aniyah is a mostly shiite City about 75 Miles South of Bagh dad and has been the site of heavy fighting in recent sky soldiers wage peace in Afghanistan mountains by Mark stars and stripes Afghanistan they Call their sector and you can find them in More than 22 locations throughout the members of the 173rd airborne brigade combat team known As task Force Bayonet while deployed Are scattered throughout Kunar and lag Man they Are partnered with the afghans and fighting for a secure future in officially just one month into a 15month the soldiers from and troops from Bamberg and sch Are simultaneously waging War and peace often at elevations of nearly this truly is mountainous War fare its a Light infantry Chip the brigade said from his office on Forward operating base Fenty late tuesday when the 173rd deployed to Afghanistan in they were in a More arid even though the brigade is Back just one year Preysler said he has cautioned the troops its now a different on his third deployment in of Preysler has seen the country change tremendously since his first deployment almost six years after the attacks on my initial having been Here three i see tremendous Preysler describing the Afghanistan he deployed to right after Preysler everything was burned dirty and destroyed when i came Back again there was devel but it was now eve Chip Preysler Ery things Green were making Ive seen the task Force Bayonet Hopes to continue helping that most of task Force Bayonet Preysler by getting out with the which he says is accomplished by being at so Many different outposts and Preysler said one of the most important goals is getting to know bom the land and people within the task Force Bayonet area and trying to synchronize develop ment efforts be they reconstructive or educational with War fighting id like for us to get to the rest of the population centers in the four provinces so we can be with the people All Winter Long we want to show them that the afghan government is the Best Chance for their Preysler our eventual goal is to work ourselves out of a if were out amongst the peo the enemy cant come he Doest have the support he has to live in the it really puts him at a huge has spent plenty of time far from my guess is that Between 70 and 80 percent of the brigade has deployed said Nick brigade Public affairs about one Quarter of the sky soldiers were with the unit when it last deployed to Afghani although the majority of the 173rd is working in one the 1st 503rd Parachute infantry is stationed in the South and work ing with the 82nd airborne Divi Sion from fort also under task Force Bayo nets control is the 1st 158th infantry regiment of the Arizona National and two air Force and two Navy Provin Cial reconstruction teams with approximately 50 people since their deployment the 173rd has lost two soldiers in email Mark