June 20, 2006
A high-ranking official with the Iraqi defense ministry told CNN on Tuesday that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers have been found south of Baghdad.No more details were immediately available. The U.S. military said it could not confirm the report.
A senior U.S. official told CNN that two bodies had been found in Iraq but could not confirm that those bodies were the two soldiers.
Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., went missing Friday at a traffic checkpoint near the town of Yusufiya, 12 miles (20 km) south of Baghdad.
Iraqi officials said the bodies were found in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, 50 miles (80 km) south of Baghdad.
The U.S. military said Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., was killed in the same attack Friday.
A force of more than 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops has been searching for the two soldiers.
In Houston, a member of Menchaca's family said they had not been notified.
There is only one response to this butchery of prisoners -- victory, not the Left-wing cut 7 Run solutions proposed by Democrats. We must fight until every terrorist, insurgent, or what-have-you is run to ground.
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