European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July stars and stripes Mideast edition pages two High ranking Al Aida targets killed by Drew Brown stars and stripes Forward operating base Iraq Mili tary forces killed two High rank ing Al Aida leaders saturday South of officials officials with the 3rd infantry divisions 2nd brigade combat team identified the two men As Abu Jurah and Bakr Umran thay in Al the figures were High value targets 2 and 8 for the 2nd brigade combat brigade officials brigade commanders were tipped to the location of the two men by intelligence sources As they were meeting inside a Safe House guarded by about 13 other officials a 2nd brigade artillery Battery fired two precision guided Excalibur 155mm striking the after the rounds hit the Struc some of the remaining insurgents fled to two a White vehicle and a Blue Sedan were seen leaving the officials two Apache helicopter gun ships later spotted the Blue Sedan speeding Down a Highway and fired on the the insurgents stopped and re turned fire at the while some insurgents remained in the others got out and fled to a nearby officials an f16 fighter Jet was then called in and dropped two 500pound joint direct attack munitions on the House into which the insurgents had destroying the Aerial video shot of the attack showed that the House was destroyed by the email Drew Brown at  f16 crashes during Takeoff from Balad f16 War plane crashed during Takeoff at a base North of Baghdad on Sun but the Pilot was the military the cause of the Accident is under the military said in a the air Force plane was taking off for a combat to pro vide air support to troops on the ground fighting when it crashed at Balad air 50 Miles North of it the Pilot of the single seat air Craft ejected safely and was taken to be evaluated by it Balad is the main air base for the military in families of 4 kidnapped in Iraq criticize the families of four american Security workers who were kidnapped in Iraq appealed for Public sup port and criticized the government for what they claim has been a Slack Effort to find we Are very said Thomas a Cousin of Paul who was kidnapped with his colleagues 16 in Southern the government should offer help for All its not just those in it seems to me the government plays Young said a Marine corps Veter an and former police officer in Louis had been work ing for Crescent Security when he was kidnapped near the Kuwait Border on some officials in Iraq have blamed the hijacking on a criminal Al Salvador to Send new troops to Iraq san Al Salvador Tony Saca said Satur Day that his nation will Send a fresh contingent of troops to Iraq but they will be fewer in number than the 380 currently stationed Al Salvador is the Only latin american nation still part of the coalition in Honda Nicaragua and the Domini can Republic have withdrawn were going to Send a new con Tingent in Saca he were going to be reducing our participation in terms of the number of from the associated press rtt Elmenter this image from video made available by Inte Center on Day shows Osama bin Laden in a new video tape posted on a militant web site by air aids Media production the bin Laden which lasted less than a was undated and part of a 40minute video featuring purported Al Aida fighters in Afghanistan paying tribute to fellow Mili Tants who have been killed in that bin Laden praises martyrs in new Al Aida videotape by Omar the associated press Egypt a new Al Aida videotape posted sunday on a militant web site featured a undated clip of a Wear looking Osama bin Laden praising the bin Laden which lasted less than a was part of a 40minute video featuring Pur ported Al Aida fighters in Afghanistan paying trib Ute to fellow militants who have been killed in the bin Laden glorified those who die in the name of or holy saying even the Prophet Musham Jonad had been wishing to be a the Happy Man is the one that god has chosen him to be a added bin who was shown outdoors wearing army fatigues and looking the authenticity of the video could not be Veri but it appeared on a web site commonly used by islamic militants and carried the logo of a Laidas Media production it was not immediately Clear when the video of bin Laden was bin Laden was last heard from in a july audio tape in which he voiced support for the new Leader of Al Aida in Iraq and warned nations not to Send troops to fight a Hartline islamic regime that had recently seized Power in sundays dedicated to muslims who have left their Homes to fight included a series of animated scenes showing Green Fields overlaid with arabic names written in representing Arab fight ers who had died in following one such the self proclaimed Leader of Al Aida in Afghanistan appeared praising his fellow your hero courageous knights have left to the land of the land of jihad and mar answering the Call for the Sake of god to kick out the occupier who has desecrated the pure soil of said Mustafa Abu in another a Man identified As Mujahid Haid Arah Al Awn was shown sitting in front of a tree with an ak47 paying tribute to a syrian Osama who died in an air raid in of i lived with him for four said who wore a Black Scarf to cover his he used to be my Emir commander he was a brother with extreme a photo of Alha Mawis apparently taken after his was showing bruises around his Eye and a red Gash on his a bearded Man identified As Abu Yahia a libyan Al Aida operative in appeared in the video wearing a Black saying the mus Lim world was offering the Best of its men and sacrificing the Good of its to protect its Alibi escaped custody in 2005 and is believed to be behind a suicide bombing that killed 23 people outside the main base in Afghanistan during a february visit by vice president Dick several other Al Aida operatives from various countries who had apparently committed suicide at tacks in Afghanistan were shown Reading state ments lashing out at the West before their at 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