Three Bodies Found -- May Be Missing Soldiers
Three Bodies Found -- May Be Missing Soldiers
No US Military Confirmation; Iraqi Police Say Bodies Recovered in Two Locations
Posted 3 hr. 8 min. ago
The search for the soldiers missing since an ambush in Mahmoudiya twelve days ago faced a troubling development on Wednesday, with reports emerging that at least one body, though possibly three, have been retrieved from rivers in Babel province.
Multiple media outlets have confirmed through US military and Iraqi police sources that one body found Wednesday in the Euphrates river, reportedly with Western features and wearing US-issue military pants, has been turned over to US authorities.
The independent Iraqi news agency VOI is reporting that Iraqi police forces in Babel province have found two more bodies near al-Furat river in al-Musayab region, 50 km northwest of Hilla.
"Two bodies in U.S. uniform were found by Babel police forces near al-Furat river. They bore signs of torture," a police source, who asked not to be named, told VOI.
"The police handed the bodies to the U.S. army and cordoned off the area," he also said. No comment was available from the U.S. army on the incident.
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No US Military Confirmation; Iraqi Police Say Bodies Recovered in Two Locations
Posted 3 hr. 8 min. ago
The search for the soldiers missing since an ambush in Mahmoudiya twelve days ago faced a troubling development on Wednesday, with reports emerging that at least one body, though possibly three, have been retrieved from rivers in Babel province.
Multiple media outlets have confirmed through US military and Iraqi police sources that one body found Wednesday in the Euphrates river, reportedly with Western features and wearing US-issue military pants, has been turned over to US authorities.
The independent Iraqi news agency VOI is reporting that Iraqi police forces in Babel province have found two more bodies near al-Furat river in al-Musayab region, 50 km northwest of Hilla.
"Two bodies in U.S. uniform were found by Babel police forces near al-Furat river. They bore signs of torture," a police source, who asked not to be named, told VOI.
"The police handed the bodies to the U.S. army and cordoned off the area," he also said. No comment was available from the U.S. army on the incident.
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Iraqi police identified a half-naked corpse found floating in the Euphrates River Wednesday as one of three missing U.S. soldiers. The body, which reportedly had bullet wounds to the head and chest, was dumped in a canal in the Iraqi town of Musayyib, 60 kilometres south of Baghdad in Babil province. Babil police Capt. Muthana Khalid said U.S. forces now have the body. Hilla police spokesman Capt. Muthanna al-Maamouri told the Reuters news agency the dead man was dressed in U.S. Army-issue pants and boots and that his left arm also bore a tattoo. A police officer in Musayyib, speaking anonymously to Reuters, said Iraqi police located the man's body after being tipped off by local residents...
Babel police said two more bodies believed to be of the kidnapped U.S. soldiers were found on Wednesday near a bank of the River Euphrates in al-Masayeb area. "Babel police patrols today found two bodies believed to be from the two kidnapped U.S. soldiers near the Euphrates bank in al-Masyeb area," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).He added, "the bodies bore marks of torture with their heads smashed. They wore the U.S. military-style uniform."...
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