Man In U.S. Military Uniform Found In Euphrates River
Jodi at Webloggin on May 23 2007 at 9:41 am | Filed under: Iraq, Military, The War on Terror
A man wearing a United States military uniform was found in the Euphrates river. This could be one of the three soldiers that was abducted May 12th. In any event, this is tragic and our prayers go out to the family of this person.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found the body of a man who was wearing what appeared to be a U.S. military uniform and had a tattoo on his left hand floating in the Euphrates River south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. One Iraqi official said the body was that of an American soldier.
The man had been shot in the head and chest, Babil police Capt. Muthana Khalid said. He said Iraqi police turned the body over the U.S. forces.
The discovery of the body in Musayyib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad in Babil Province, came as U.S. troops and Iraqi forces continued their massive search for the three soldiers abducted May 12 in an ambush on their patrol near Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD — U.S. officials said they were trying to confirm if a body pulled from the Euphrates River on Wednesday was one of three American soldiers missing since an ambush upstream May 12.
A pushcart vendor spotted the body while cr…