European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 Iraq executes notorious insurgent bomber by Bassem Mroue the associated press alleged Al Aida militant was executed for his role in one of Iraq first and bloodiest a 2003 blast that killed a shiite Leader and 84 other a Justice ministry official said Fri oras Mohammed Abdulaziz was hanged tuesday in Baghdad after being sentenced to death in octo ministry undersecretary Busho Ibrahim the announcement was the first word that a suspect had been tried in the killing of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Al Aida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the at tack a huge car bomb in August 2003 mat went off outside the shrine of Ali in one of shiite is Lams holiest and killed Alhakim was the Leader of the supreme Council for the islamic revolution in Iraq and was poised to become a major figure in iraqi politics following the fall of Saddam Hussein Only months before his Assas his Abdulaziz now Heads the the largest shiite party in Parlia Ibrahim said Abdulaziz was affiliated with Al Aida in Iraq and confessed to other including the 2004 killing of Abde Zahraa the president of the governing the pointed body that ran Iraq following Saddam differences have emerged among the three main sunni groups forming the iraqi accor dance threatening to break up the the disagreements surfaced thursday after the front elected Ayad a Samarraie As chairman of the 44member bloc in until politician Adnan Aldulaimii headed the fronts faction in members of Aldulaimii Congress of the people of Iraq were angered after iraqi Media reported that of the moderate iraqi islamic was elected As the head of the some of Aldu Hadi people March during a protest against sectarian violence Friday in a mainly shiite District of Abu Dshiro in Southern after 17 people died and 28 were wounded in thursdays car Laimins followers called for a meeting to remove the iraqi islamic party from the Aldulaimii said he Learned about Alsama Raies election from the adding that what happened took place without my but this does not bother there was no coup to remove me and replace me by Ayad Aldulaimii told Shar Qiya i am still the Leader of the iraqi accordance front and All what was reported in Media is not accurate and not general withdrawing from Iraq would leave the country a mess by Pauline Jelinek the associated press Washington As pressure builds for a change in Iraq a top commander there warned Friday that drawing Down troops too soon would leave the country a youd find the enemy regain ing reestablishing Sanc building More Roadside Rick Lynch told a Pentagon news the violence would it be a Lynch was responding to a question on the possible effects if officials were to decide not to extend beyond the summer the troop buildup president Bush or dered Early this Bush sent an additional troops to try to pacify Baghdad and wants Congress to wait until september for an assessment on How its but an increasing number of lawmakers Are already convinced the policy is failing and should be who commands the 3rd infantry division and is oversee ing operations in part of Baghdad and to the said he didst know How Long the extra forces would be those surge forces Are giving us the capability we have now to take the fight to the Lynch said by video conference from if those surge forces go that capability goes Over we can turn the area Over to iraqi Security and then Well be ready to do something that looks like a with Lynch but that not going to happen any time in the latest setback to the increasingly unpopular War Strate gop Stalwart Pete do Menici said thursday that he Al ready has decided he wants to see an end to combat operations and troops heading Home from Iraq by the longtime new Mexico Sena Tor is the latest of several party loyalists and former War support ers to abandon Bush on Iraq in the past 10 they have urged a change sooner rather than later and further isolated the gop pres ident in his attempt to defend the unpopular last Richard and George Voinov said the should Rick Lynch significantly reduce its military presence in Iraq while bolstering diplomatic John is expected to pro pose a new approach this i do not support an immediate withdrawal from Iraq or a reduction in funding for our do Menici but i do support a new strategy that will move our troops out of combat operations and on the path to coming a spokesman for the White Tony said that Posi Tion amounts to the same approach sought by the which in a precipitous we think that absolutely the wrong Way to Fratto said Fri it would be deaths in Iraq the associated press As of july at least members of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press the figure includes seven military civil at least died As a re sult of hostile according to the military the a count is four higher than the defense departments last updated thursday at 10 the British military has re ported 156 deaths 33 18 20 bulgar 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three two each and South one death the latest deaths reported by the military two soldiers were killed thursday when an explosively formed projectile detonated near their patrol in South Bagh the latest identifications re ported by the military army Andrew eng died wednesday in Taji from injuries suffered in a noncombat related army chief warrant officer Scott Wash died wednesday in Mosul of wounds suffered when his helicopter struck a Power line assigned to the 4th squad 6th air fort army Steven died wednesday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with Gre Nades assigned to the 2nd Bat 12th infantry 2nd brigade combat 2nd infantry fort army 1st it Christopher died monday near Balad of wounds suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle assigned to the Forward sup port 19th Engineer Bat fort two marines were killed Sun Day from a noncombat related boat Accident in the euphrates River off the Shore of Anbar both were assigned to 1st 2nd Marine regi ii Marine expeditionary Camp they were Marine Lance William of Marine Lance Jeremy of 33 Taliban fighters die after attack on police by Rahim Faiez the associated press Afghanistan afghan and coalition troops killed 33 Taliban fighters after the insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in Southern Afghanistan Over while 10 afghan troops were wounded in clashes with Mili officials said the militants attacked two police vehicles with gunfire and rocket propelled coalition and afghan forces responded with artillery fire and airstrikes in what the coalition described As a sparsely populated area in uru Zgan Zahir Azimi said 33 Tali ban fighters were the coalition reported no indications of civilian casualties from the fighting and said no coalition or afghan forces were killed or in northeastern Kunar prov natos International Secu Rity assistance Force said Mili Tants ambushed its who called in airstrikes on positively identified enemy firing positions in a Remote Kunar Shaliza dear said that afghan army commanders told him that dozens of militants were he added that there were reports of civilian Al though he said those reports were not there were some number of insurgents that were we have no reason to believe that any civilians were killed at this said John a nato in the Southern province of Taliban attacked a government building in Thorak District late and in the ensuing clash six policemen were said Sayeed Agha the provincial police police sent reinforcements to the forcing the militants to Saqib in Farah province in the four afghan troops were wound during clashes with militants in Bala Buluk District said Mohammad Qasem the chief of sarahs health depart a suicide bomber at tacked a nato Convoy East of the capital leaving two sol Diers with minor afghan officials Mohammad an afghan Soldier at the site of the said the wounded soldiers were Brit