European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 German based go Dies in noncombat incident a 2nd 1st infantry division Soldier died july 11 in a noncombat related incident in an Eastern part of the defense depart ment announced in a press re first Jeffrey was assigned to the Schwein German based 1st Battal 26th infantry he used to be a platoon ser Geant in my said Jacob the battalions rear detachment he was a great really compe tactically a Good Leader of i thought he was great White said he did not have fur ther information on Mckinney but that it was being invest White said that Mckinney was survived by a a teenage son and infant and that a memorial service in Schweinfurt had not yet been from staff reports deaths in Iraq the associated press As of 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 at least died As a result of hostile according to the military num the a count is two More than the defense departments last updated Friday at 10 the British military has re ported 159 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 no deaths the latest identifications re ported by the military no identifications corrections the caption for a front Page photo that ran july 13 misidentified staff Steve of Napp Azef in a july 16 Story about a air Force buildup inside the associated press erroneously identified the Parent unit of the 13th expeditionary the Ron is a component of the 332nd air expeditionary Emad emergency personnel work at the site of one of two suicide car bombings monday in the explosions took place within 20 minutes of each Kirkuk blasts hit kurdish government site at least 80 killed death toll expected to Rise by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes a pair of car bombs exploded minutes apart in Kirkuk on Mon Day killing at least 80 people and wounding some Iso iraqi and american officials the bombings come As the City a key area in Northern Iraq ramps up for a vote that will de cide whether it remains part of Iraq or chooses to fall under the Kurdistan regional the first attack hit the Security Walls of the Headquarters of the patriotic Union of the party with which iraqi president Jalal Talaban is according to witnesses and news re the caused by a Sui cide bomber in a came just before left a huge Crater and collapsed part of the roof of the Headquarters iraqi police officials estimated the bomb included some pounds of about 20 minutes a Sec Ond attack struck the Hasener mar around a half mile from the site of the first the vast majority of the deaths and injuries were reported at the which is in a kurdish District of the City and is a popular outdoor produce the death toll at both bombing Sites was expected to Rise As Rescue and recovery teams cleared some of the the attacks appear to be a con fluence of two factors sunni insurgents moving North from Bagh dad and Dyala where forces have stepped up their officials said the truck bomb that hit a Security Wall of the patriotic Union of Kurdistan Headquarters building included an estimated pounds of presence and the upcoming vote that has driven a further wedge Between Kirkuk Arab and kurd ish though Kirkuk had previously been spared the Large scale at tacks seen in Baghdad and other the Battle for the City in both the political and physical Are Nas has been building since earlier this before the end of the year perhaps within a few months Kirkuk residents will vote on the cites the vote is to take place after an attempt at the Resto ration of the demographic bal Ance that existed before Saddam Hussein tightened his grip on the Region by removing kurd and bringing in whom he Felt were easier to some arabs who came to Kirkuk As Early As the late 1960s and Early 70s started feeling used by Hussein Resi dents and political figures said earlier this they were enticed to come North by offers of employment and housing but at brought in by but the kurd dominate the political landscape in hold ing a firm majority of the 41 provincial Council seat As Well As control of the Security tens of thousands of kurd have re turned to Many hunkered Down in encampments waiting for the processing of property the head of the Kirkuk Provin Cial Rizgar Ali himself a earlier this year scoffed at the description of Kirkuk As a powder Keg ready to explode in ethnic As de scribed by the Iraq study group report last before i came to i heard it was going to be a blood he then it was de scribed As a powder but the truth is the democratic parties in Kirkuk Are stronger than the peo ple trying to Stop mondays pair of suicide bomb Ings Are Likely the deadliest Sui cide attacks in the associated press the bomb Ings also came a week after a Vil Lage about 50 Miles South of Kirkuk was hit with a suicide at tack that killed More than 160 peo reporter Zeke Minaya contributed to this email Joseph Giordono at dozens protest Oil Law in Basra the associated press Baghdad dozens of peo ple demonstrated in the Southern City of Basra on monday demand ing the parliament reject a draft Oil saying it will deny the peo ple of the province their the nearly 250 employees of Oil institutions marched near the provincial Council also calling for annulling an increase in the Price of Oil the draft Oil Law was approved by the Cabinet this month and referred to which has yet to begin the Oil Bill is among the 18 benchmarks aimed at encouraging reconciliation among Iraq ethnic and sectarian the Bill would regulate the in companion legislation would distribute profits among All easing sunni fears that they would be denied a share of the wealth since most proven Fields Are in shiites and kurdish Many residents in the South pre Fer that the Oil be owned by the province and not be distributed to other regions where there Are no Oil the Southern prov inces of Basra and mayan have billions of barrels of Oil unlike the predominantly sunni earlier this gasoline prices were increased to roughly a gallon from a gallon for Good Quality a step by the government to abide by the International monetary fund the demonstrators handed their demands to the provincial Council before dispersing peace the demonstrations came two Days after Iraq Oil ministry activated electronic meters for the first time to measure Oil exports from a string of attacks monday morning in the capital killed at least 19 in the a Roadside bomb exploded As an iraqi army patrol passed in the Boub a Sham area on the cites North East killing five soldiers and wounding nine an army officer a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint on a Road leading to an Interior minis try building inside the Green five policemen were killed and 25 people a police official another car bomb exploded monday in the Central District of near Masbah killing one wounding three others and leaving nearby shops a police official a car bomb exploded in the garage of a mans Home in Eastern killing his two other deaths in Baghdad were caused by shootings and Roadside according to police on 22 bul let riddled bodies were found dumped in various locations of the military announced Mon Day that a Soldier died from wounds received the Day before by a bombing in Ninevah prov Northwest of
