2 kidnapped U.S. soldiers found dead in Iraqi desert

[Barrett808]

Source: Associated Press

2 kidnapped U.S. soldiers found dead in Iraqi desert
By Nancy A. Youssef and Sahar al-Issa | McClatchy Newspapers

BAGHDAD — The remains of two U.S. soldiers kidnapped during a military patrol last year were found after a U.S.-captured suspect led soldiers to their location, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., members of the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y., were captured when insurgents overran their observation post outside the city of Mahmudiyah in the early morning hours of May 12, 2007. Four other U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in the attack.

A third captured soldier, Pfc. Joseph Anzack, 20, was found dead in the Euphrates River near the attack site on May 23, 2007.

Jimenez's and Fouty's remains were found buried together in the open desert, west of Jurf-al-Sakr, a one-time al Qaida and Sunni insurgent hotbed, after a suspect pointed out their location during a U.S. military interrogation, an Iraqi police official told McClatchy.

Their remains were recovered July 8 and flown to Dover, Del., the following day, where they were positively identified on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/43980.html

[TheDebbieDee]

1. This is not Late Breaking News - this is yesterday's very sad news.

[tuckessee]

2. Kidnapped?

They were armed combatants who were captured.

[Wcross]

3. I found the use of that term odd as well.

It isn't as if they were held for ransom by criminals. They were captured by enemy combatants & executed.

[bemildred]

4. If we do it, it's a military operation. Otherwise it's a crime.

If you start with the assumption that only the US has legitimacy, it all makes perfect sense.