European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition deaths Iraq As of at least members of the service members have died since the beginning 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 military num the a count is eight higher thah the defense depart ments last updated Fri Day at 10 the British military has re ported 156 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three Esto two each and Hun South one death the latest deaths reported by the military two soldiers were killed Friday when a Roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in East a Soldier was killed Fri Day by an explosive near his patrol in Southeastern two marines were killed thursday in Anbar a Soldier was killed thurs Day in a Soldier died Friday of wounds suffered thursday in combat in Western the latest identifications re ported by the military army Andrew eng died wednesday in Taji from injuries suffered in a noncombat related incident assigned to the 1st 82nd Field artillery 1st brigade combat 1st cavalry i fort Afghanistan and other areas As of at least 342 members of the military had died in Paki Stan and Uzbekistan As a result of the invasion of Afghani Stan in late according to the defense department the department last updated its Fig ures june of the military re ports 221 were killed by hostile outside the afghan the defense department re ports 61 More members of the military died in support of operation enduring of two were the result of hostile the military lists these other locations As go Antanasio Bay naval Cuba Djibouti Eritrea Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Philippides Seychelles tur key and there were also four Cia officer deaths and one military civilian the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military Jio identifications report press Market bomb kills at least 100 8 troops killed in past 2 Days by Yahya Barzanji the associated press Tuz Iraq a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives in the crowded outdoor Market of a shiite farm ing town North of Baghdad on sat leveling houses and stores and killing More than 100 officials the after a smaller suicide bombing in another Shi Ite Village killed More than 20 suggested sunni militants Are re grouping to launch attacks in re Gions further away from Baghdad where Security is beyond the edges of a three Eskold offensive on the capitals Northern the military on saturday also reported that eight american service members were killed in fighting in Baghdad and Western Anbar province Over two reflecting the increased death toll that has come with the new of a British Soldier was killed in fighting with shiite Mili Tias overnight in the Southern City of four soldiers were killed a Day earlier in two Roadside bomb attacks on their patrols in Bagh the military a sol Dier and an iraqi interpreter were killed Friday when an explosively formed pen Trator exploded near their patrol in Southeast Ern explosively formed Penetra tors Are High tech bombs that the believes Are provided by a charge denied by the on two marines were killed in Western Anbar province and a Soldier died in the latest military state ment another Soldier died Friday of non Battle related causes and his death is under the military said without giving fur ther saturdays blast ripped through the Market in Armilio at around As crowds had gathered for morning the explosion destroyed old mud Brick houses and set cars on victims had to be transported in Farmers pickup trucks to the nearest health in Tuz 27 Miles to the iranian diplomats visit compatriots held by Baghdad three iranian diplomats in Iraq on saturday visited for the first time five iranians held by authorities since Janu and Iraq foreign minister said he hoped the visit would help ease tensions Between Iran and the United Iran ambassador Hassan Kazemi Komi said he and his staff met with the iranians for five hours at their detention speaking to Iran arabic language Ala Lam Komi said the fives morale was and he repeated Tehran de Dands that they be immediately the detention of the five iranians by troops on 11 in the Northern iraqi City of Erbil has become a new Point of Contention be tween Tehran and Washington at a time when the iraqi government is trying to get them to resolve their from the associated press authorities and residents spent hours digging bodies out of the rubble of two dozen shops and police accounts of the toll hampered by the difficulty of the search and the farming towns Remote Deputy governor of Salahuddin province Abdullah told state run iraqi a television that 115 died 70 percent of them children and he blamed Al Aida for the police Sherzad an officer in the Tuz Khor Mato to also told the associated exp attacks held steady last month by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes attacks using explosively formed Penetra tors remained about the same from May to a spokesman for multinational Force Iraq said military officials typically do not discuss the number of exp at but in Marine Peter chairman of the joint chiefs of told Usa today deadly Type of Roadside that there were 69 exp attacks in contrary to Many Media re and confirmed that was the the projectile fired by an highest monthly total exp is not or the Tim evolved formation Ous to 400us known As the devices Are powerful Roadside exp attacks for May and june remained higher than the historical said Navy David Werner in a Friday email to stars and when they hit Fps Are up to nine times As powerful As Roadside bombs of a similar Courtesy of the air Force research Laboratory this time lapse sequence shows the formation of a typical explosively formed or this particularly deadly Type of Roadside bomb can hit a vehicle with nine times the Energy of projectiles from a conventional talked with a panel of experts on that 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scant in the re at a Remote Corner of Salahuddin province near the Bor Der with neighbouring Dyala prov report discusses weapons find with China stars and stripes the United states has raised concerns with China about the Dis covery of chinese made weapons in Iraq and the financial times reported late Fri Richard outgoing Deputy undersecretary of defense for Asia and Pacific Security of on Friday said that washing ton had flagged the Issue with the Londo based times noting that the has become increasingly alarmed that chinese armo piercing am munition has been used by the Taliban in Afghanistan and insurgents in the times also reported that a senior official recently told the paper that Iran appeared to be providing the chinese made the official said Washington had no evidence that Beijing was but stressed that the would like China to do a better Job of polic ing these the concerns about chinese weapons follow months of allegations from officials that Iran is helping troops in att 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