European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 two Schweinfurt based gis killed in Iraq by Matt Millham stars and stripes two German based sol Diers were killed sunday in a District of the defense department announced 1st class Raymond of was a member of the 1st 18th infantry 2nd Bri Gade combat 1st infantry staff Michael Ruoff of was a member of the 1st 77th Armor 2nd Bri Gade combat 1st infantry both men were killed by enemy Small arms Buchan was a standout football and basketball player in High his brother Philip Buchan told the Tribune Democrat newspaper in rejoined the army in 1991 after graduating from High Buchan had been stationed in Schwein Furt for the past seven years and had deployed twice to Iraq with the 2nd according to the he loved his Philip Buchan told the he wanted to be there for his that what he truly he said his fallen brother exemplified humility and had a genuine concern for the safety of everyone under his according to the his troops Are really taken by his Philip Buchan Buchan also is survived by his Laura two and 1 and parents Richard and Carol Jean who joined the army at the age of was five Days away from his 13th anniversary in the according to the san Francisco Ruoff s family lives in but Little other biographical in formation was available As of at least 50 soldiers assigned to 2nd Bri Gade combat 1st infantry division have died in Iraq since the unit deployed to the country in late summer information regarding a memorial Cere Mony for Buchan and Ruoff was not Avail Able email Matt Millham at  10 afghan police killed in bombing by Noor Khan the associated press Afghanistan a suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint in Southern Afghanistan on killing 10 police and a Roadside bomb hit a nato Convoy in the leaving one nato Soldier officials in another Echo of the conflict in outgunned militants Are deploying Roadside bombs to deadly effect against More numer Ous foreign and afghan in Eastern such a bomb hit a nato Convoy thurs leaving one Soldier dead and wounding the Alliance the wounded soldiers were taken to a medical facility for treatment and were in stable con nato said in an emailed it didst release the nationalities of the most of the foreign troops in the East Are the suicide attacker detonated Lys explosives in a room where the policemen were eating lunch at a checkpoint near spin a town on the pakistani said Bismillah a local police two of the checkpoint rooms were Khan grisly suicide attacks have be a prominent tactic of Tali translator freed in Afghanistan Afghanistan kidnappers released a German Man and his translator on a week after they were seized in Western the Interior ministry the two men were at the office of the police chief in Delaram District of Farah said Semrai a ministry spokes he provided no further the men were released hours after the using tribal elders As demanded it was not immediately Clear if any Money had changed the believed to work for a company that builds and his afghan translator disappeared in Farah a week Farah Muhidin Baluch said the whose names have not been were kidnapped in the provinces Makwa near the Delaram District where they were last Afghanistan government is not ready to do any Deal with the Baluch if the germans themselves want to have a this is none of our from the associated press ban who have dramatically stepped up their Campaign of violence against the West Ern backed government of presi Dent Hamid the blast targeting the nato Convoy raised the number of for eign soldiers killed in the country this year to at least that includes six Canadian soldiers who died along with their afghan inter Preter on wednesday when a Roadside bomb Tore through a nato vehicle in Kandahar Shari Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper said the six had died trying to defend and protect afghans and provide them the Opportunity to rebuild their the attack was the deadliest against foreign troops Here since May when five a Canadian and a briton died in the crash of a Chinook helicopter in Helmand officials said at the time that a rocket pro pulled grenade might have brought Down the thirty three suspected insurgents and seven afghan police were reported dead in fighting and attacks in Shari District earlier this the area was the scene of one of natos larg Estever operations last and remains highly Oil Vatche Auto Exchange a Hwija special 2 99 payments for 90 save j 1 Irac contractors get limited help on mental health ills stars and stripes Washington contractors who have worked in Iraq Are re turning Home with the same kinds of mental health problems that afflict military according to a report in thursday editions of the new York Industry officials and mental health experts Are re ported As saying that private work ers Are largely left on their own to find up to contractors iraqis and other for Eigners Are working Side beside with soldiers and face the same but they mostly must fend for themselves in Navi gating the civilian health care sys tem when they return to the United the paper with no widespread Many workers Are not identified As suffering from Post traumatic stress disorder or other mental health experts and contractors told the the Quality of treatment for oth ers can vary widely because of limited civilian expertise in com Bat related they while some Are Well compensated for their work in Many More collect modest wages and Industry officials and mental health experts Are reported As saying that private workers Are largely left on their own to find provide support services vital to the the paper the times reported that the fed eral government has not exam ined the Issue of mental health problems among private citing Pentagon and department of veterans affairs contract workers who Are wounded or disabled in the War zone Are treated in military Hospi tals in Iraq and but once Home they Are not eligible for care in 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