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From the CBC:
Two soldiers who had been missing in Iraq since Friday have been found dead, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.
"The bodies were found last night in the vicinity of Yusufiya. Coalition forces have recovered what we believe are the remains of the soldiers," said Maj.-Gen. William Caldwell at a news conference in Baghdad.
Pte. 1st Class Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pte. 1st Class Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., had been missing since an attack last Friday that killed another soldier.
More than 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops had been searching for Menchaca and Tucker. Caldwell said the bodies were found late on Monday.
Earlier in the day, Iraqi military official Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed said the two bodies showed signs of "barbaric torture."
Witnesses said the Americans were taken Friday evening after Iraqi insurgents lured two of three U.S. military vehicles away from a checkpoint in Yusufiya, about 20 kilometres south of Baghdad.
Gunmen then attacked the remaining vehicle, killing Specialist David J. Babineau, 25, and abducting two other men, the local residents said.
The attack occurred in a Sunni-dominated region south of the capital that is known as the Triangle of Death because of its high number of insurgent attacks.
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an Iraqi militant group, said on Monday that it had abducted the two men. The group also claimed responsibility for the abductions of four Russian diplomats earlier this month.
The council is an umbrella organization that includes several militant groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq, whose leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike earlier this month.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cbc/s/20062006/3/world-missing-u-s-soldiers-found-dead-iraq.html
I hope we get to hear about the vicious, cold rain of hell that ensues from this.
God comfort their poor tortured souls, and be with their families.
Two soldiers who had been missing in Iraq since Friday have been found dead, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.
"The bodies were found last night in the vicinity of Yusufiya. Coalition forces have recovered what we believe are the remains of the soldiers," said Maj.-Gen. William Caldwell at a news conference in Baghdad.
Pte. 1st Class Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pte. 1st Class Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., had been missing since an attack last Friday that killed another soldier.
More than 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops had been searching for Menchaca and Tucker. Caldwell said the bodies were found late on Monday.
Earlier in the day, Iraqi military official Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed said the two bodies showed signs of "barbaric torture."
Witnesses said the Americans were taken Friday evening after Iraqi insurgents lured two of three U.S. military vehicles away from a checkpoint in Yusufiya, about 20 kilometres south of Baghdad.
Gunmen then attacked the remaining vehicle, killing Specialist David J. Babineau, 25, and abducting two other men, the local residents said.
The attack occurred in a Sunni-dominated region south of the capital that is known as the Triangle of Death because of its high number of insurgent attacks.
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an Iraqi militant group, said on Monday that it had abducted the two men. The group also claimed responsibility for the abductions of four Russian diplomats earlier this month.
The council is an umbrella organization that includes several militant groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq, whose leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike earlier this month.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cbc/s/20062006/3/world-missing-u-s-soldiers-found-dead-iraq.html
I hope we get to hear about the vicious, cold rain of hell that ensues from this.
God comfort their poor tortured souls, and be with their families.