European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stars and stripes july 2007 air aids 2 asks support of muslims by Lee Keath the associated press Baghdad a Sharp lecture from Alsaid As Deputy Leader in a video thursday insist ing that the terror network is the Leader of Iraq insurgency reflected the troubles con fronting the with criticism from other militants and some armed groups even joining two american soldiers were killed and two were wounded by a Roadside bomb thursday in South the military it specified that the bomb was an explosively formed pen Trator a Type of weapon which the americans say is provided to shiite extremists by the Iran de Nies the in the unusually Long video at just Over an hour and a half Ayman Al Zawaheri depicted the islamic state of the insurgent umbrella group headed by As a Van guard for fighting off the military and eventually establishing a caliphate of islamic Rule across the the islamic state of Iraq is set up in the Mujahideen holy warriors celebrate it in the streets of the people demonstrate in support of Al Zawaheri pledges of allegiance to it Are declared in the mosques of he called on muslims around the world to support this blessed fledgling Mujahid Garri air aids Ayman appears in a videotape calling on muslims to unite in or holy and support the islamist movement in a intelligence monitoring group said son state with information and but the islamic state has been put on the defensive some sunni insurgent groups have publicly split with distancing themselves from its bomb attacks on iraqi civilians and accusing it of trying to Force their members to join one the 1920 revolution has openly helped forces in new Offen Sives against Al Aida in and around Bagh and some sunni tribes have turned against it in Western Anbar some of the developments suggest that it the islamic state is More fragile than it was said Bruce a washing to based terrorism expert at the Rand think Al Zawaheri is trying to replenish the islamic state he its time to reassert its but How connected to reality that is is another he increased forces have focused on Alsaid linked fighters in their Security Clampdown in the capital and to the North and South in recent that has brought an increase in american but insurgent and militia attacks appear to have a car bomb thursday evening killed 17 people and wounded 28 when it blasted a photographers shop in a shiite part of where a Bride and Groom were inside getting their wedding photos taken As their relatives and friends waited an official at the nearest police station the Bride and Groom were among the with minor said an official at the Hospital where the victims were both spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the diplomats raise fears Over Iraq embassy by Glenn Kessler the Washington Post Washington diplomats in increasingly fearful Over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the embassy construction project in Baghdad As signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months a roughly worded Cable sent from the embassy to state department Headquarters on May 29 highlights a Cascade of building and safety blunders in a new facility to House the Security guards protecting the the guards which remains unopened is just a Small part of a vast million project to build the largest embassy in the the main builder of the 21build ing embassy is first kuwaiti general Trade and contracting a Middle Eastern firm that is already under Justice department scrutiny Over alleged labor first kuwaiti also erected the guard prompting some state department officials in Washington and Baghdad to worry that the problems exposed in the Camp suggest trouble lurking ahead for the rest of the embassy the first signs of according to the emerged when the Kitchen staff tried to Cook the inaugural meal in the new guard i poor Quality construction life safety issues left the embassy with no recourse but to shut the Camp in spite of the blistering heat in f f Iraq in a May 29 Cable to Washington base on May some appliances did not workers began to get electric then a burning smell enveloped the Kitchen As the wiring began to All the food from old guard Camp a collection of been carted to the new facile in the expectation that the guards would begin moving in the next but Accord ing to the the electrical meltdown was just the first problem in a series of construction mistakes that soon left the base including wiring fuel leaks and nox ious fumes in the sleeping poor Quality construction life safety is sues left the embassy with no recourse but to shut the Camp in spite of the Blister ing heat in the May 29 Cable in formed the Fahley serious problems noted in the Cable indicate that first kuwaitis work fails to meet Basic safety said an administration official who was not authorized to speak to the news but the state depart ments overseas buildings which oversees construction of the new has kept a close hold on the making it difficult for anyone else in the government to gauge we Are suspecting we will find the same is sues in the new resulting in months of the official the embassy Cable prompted a stinging response from James the Obos manag ing director for the embassy in a Cable dated june he berated personnel in Baghdad for sending their message Over an open embassy rather than keeping the complaints he defended first kuwaiti and accused the embassy and Abr a Texas based company that runs Many facilities in Iraq and discovered the wiring problems of making false claims to deflect attention from its own the guard base has been constructed to the approved design Golden adding that none of the issues raised in the Cable has Merit and that it appears the embassy and Abr simply do not want to operate the Camp for other Abr said its concerns were deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the Mili tary have died since the begin Ning 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 Mili Tarys the a count is three higher than the defense depart ments last updated tues Day at 10 the British military has re ported 156 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 since the Start of Mili tary operations in service members have been wounded in hostile a according to the defense departments weekly the latest deaths reported by the military a Soldier was killed wednesday when a helicopter crashed in Ninevah a Soldier was killed wednesday during combat operations in South the latest identifications re ported by the military no identifications report Helo crash kills one injures 2nd stars and stripes one Soldier was killed and an other injured when their helicopter went Down wednesday in the Northern Ninevah province of officials confirmed thurs Little information on the Inci Dent was released by the but preliminary reports indicate the aircraft hit electrical a military news release issued thursday there Are no indications that the helicopter was shot the Soldier was identified Only As belonging to task Force Light the command in North Ern neither the Type of helicopter nor the unit to which it belonged was no information was available on the condition of the Soldier injured in the late an insurgent group said the crash happened during Battle and god blinded the causing Tho aircraft to hit the