European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuns and stripes july Ray of Point sweeps a House Friday As 582nd members prepare to construct a combat Mour battalion has determined that this is the most Active insurgent area within our operating 99 photos by Les and stripes above soldiers of the 5th 82nd held artillery regiment establish Security at a House being augmented As a combat at left is Hon of and at Maryb a native of the South Pacific Island of below 582nd members begin a meet and Greet program with residents near their newly established combat outpost from left Are 1st class Wesley staff Baltazar and 1st Christopher new combat outpost set up in Northern area of Iraq by Les Neuhaus stars and stripes Iraq in taking the fight to insurgents in Iraq Northern reaches and else where combat outposts have been vital in the military approach to countering the enemy nobody needs to Tell members of the 1st Cav Alry divisions 5th 82nd Field Artil Lery 4th brigade on Well before the 5th battalion soldiers had been driving All night in their Mission to reach an objective a Hal completed Concrete Home they commandeered in the Small Village of just East of the Tigris River in Iraq Remote at 3 the first members of the regiment left Forward operating base West in a con Voy of five heavily armed humvee with a mis Sion to get to the and not leave until a combat outpost was set our battalion has determined that this is the most Active insurgent area within our operating 1st Christopher riccia and a native of said Early Friday just after his men in 2nd platoon had arrived and secured the we Hope that what were going to do Here will eliminate the threat of insurgent but accomplishing the goal of erecting a fully capable outpost is not As the word the location is if s in one of the hottest places on the Mission was expected to take up to 24 with nearly 100 soldiers working All Day in 120degree heat and on into the next by late afternoon one Man was Down from heat but he bounced thanks to the obscene medical bringing in the required supplies needed to finish out what had been a skeletal facility was a herculean the troops encountered three Roadside bombs on Friday and safely detonated each As they attempted to bring every thing our teams first found two staggered along the Roadside about seven to eight Kilometres North of our said George and from the other was found just a Little farther Down the closer to this outpost they were set intentionally for our two of his men were killed last month when a makeshift bomb was set off near one of their the new outpost is dedicated to one of those having been dubbed in Honor of Keith on the teams brought in 15foothigh Concrete barriers and Shorter Dir filled Obsta cles to secure the re Frig concertina electricity every thing had to be brought in even a Kitchen sink and cooking troops hired a Bevy of local teenage boys to do some of the Grunt paying them a Day for Clearing rocks and the its a Kings Ransom considering Many iraqis live on less than a according to varying world International monetary fund and the goal is to turn the outpost Over to the iraqis within a few but for now it will be run jointly by and iraqi including the local who were on scene Friday to help quell the worries of the surrounding iraqi Saadya who lives adjacent to the newly fortified had mixed feelings about her new american we will have Protection i Hope that we will be she said to the military officials greeting her and informing her family of seven about the situation through an but she told a reporter she was worried that their House might become a tar get should ant iraqi and forces begin a Campaign of violence against the email Les Neuhaus at  truce lets two tribes now Battle insurgents stars and stripes leaders from two key tribes in bad Cuba have signed an agreement that stops age old fighting be tween the groups and also pledges their cooperation against Al Aida in military officials said the sheiks of the Ubai i and a Bakia tribes signed the peace agree ment july 10 during a meeting at the bad Cuba government according to military of the agreement commits the leaders to end tribal conflicts that have been occurring for decades and stand together against Al Aida and other terrorist Organiza a news release the Deal was apparently brokered by leaders of the 3rd brigade combat 1st cavalry Divi the agreement came after tribal leaders were meeting for the past several months to Dis cuss and work through grievances Between their parts of the Deal outlaw tribal infighting and kidnappings commits the leaders to turn in tribe members who commit crimes or attacks against iraqis and americans help solve agricultural Dis Putes and assist Dis placed families in return and iraqi a sweeping to Clear the insure two weeks of House House operations now have led to a situation where the military push needs to be backed up with government ser Security and a re turn to daily military officials have bad Cuba residents had chafed at the imposition of strict islamic Law by in including the establishment of an islamic court and a ban on cigarette As in other areas of military officials the insurgents appeared to reach too far and turned significant portions of the local Popula Tion against them Lead ing in to help and iraqi Juar leders have also with local political Lead ers in