[backpain]

The half-naked body of one of three missing U.S. soldiers was found on Wednesday in the Euphrates River in the town of Mussayab south of Baghdad, police said.

The U.S. military said it was investigating reports that a body had been found in a canal in the area.

Hilla police spokesman Captain Muthanna al-Maamouri said there were bullet wounds to the torso and head of the body, which was wearing U.S. Army-issue pants and boots and had a tattoo on the left arm.

Maamouri said the body had been turned over to U.S. forces.

Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops having been scouring farmlands through an area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death" since an ambush on May 12 in which four U.S soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed.

Three soldiers were reported missing after the attack. The al Qaeda-led Islamic State in Iraq has said it abducted them but has given no proof it has them.

A police officer in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, who declined to be named, said the body had been found after a tip-off from residents.

"The military is investigating reports of a body of a canal but we have no confirmation yet," a U.S. military official in Baghdad said.

General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said last Friday that he believes at least two of the three missing soldiers are still alive.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070523/...RG6voA_AhX6GMA

[Titus001]

I guess the moral of this story is never put on a uniform unless the enemy is at your country's shoreline.

[RaposaBJJ]

Originally Posted by Titus001

I guess the moral of this story is never put on a uniform unless the enemy is at your country's shoreline.

Ah scumbag #1. Nice one. Who's next?

[MrPositive]

Oh the news sure is repetitive these days.

[MicroBrew]

Middle and working class Americans die for the whims/ideaology/benefit of the super elite.Some things never change.

[BayAreaGuy]

It hasn't been confirmed yet whether it's the soldier or not.

[flatline]

lol @ 'al-Qaeda led'

its apparent every terrorist/bad person in the world is controlled from the shadows by AQ.

[FallenXAngel]

Originally Posted by MicroBrew

Middle and working class Americans die for the whims/ideaology/benefit of the super elite.Some things never change.

wow, we have a super elite now? assclown

[Depth]

Time to pack up the troops and M.O.A.B Iraq from the air.....it's the only way to be sure.

[d brooks]

great war...im glad you guys support it