Bodies of Kidnapped Soldiers Found

June 20, 2006 Islamofascists, Military, Military Support & Patriotism, Tragedy, War in Iraq View Comments

Huge h/t to Drudge. Breitbart/AP breaking this morning that the bodies of the two soldiers kidnapped earlier near Youssifiyah have been found.

Iraq Official: U.S. Soldiers’ Bodies Found
Jun 20 7:26 AM US/Eastern

BAGHDAD, Iraq

The bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers have been found, a senior Iraqi military official said Tuesday, but the U.S. military said it could not confirm the report.

Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed said the bodies of Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Army Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad.

U.S. Maj. Doug Powell said he could not confirm the report.

The soldiers came under attack Friday at a traffic checkpoint near Youssifiyah. A third soldier, Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., was killed in the attack. All three were from the 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Ky.

An umbrella group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a statement Monday that it had kidnapped the two U.S. soldiers, but it did not name them.

My heart aches for these families and their loved ones.

Jay over at Stop the ACLU is on it, too. Ian hasÂ the story also, and Michelle Malkin has a complete round-up.

Developing…

The Washington Post has further:

Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Muhammed-Jassim, head of operations at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, said the soldiers had been “barbarically” killed and that there were traces of torture on their bodies.

Please pray for these soldiers’ families, and pray for God to protect all of our military men and women over there fighting for the freedom of people everywhere.

May our soldiers find these Islamic, blood-thirsty goons soon and send them to hang out with Zarqawi in Hell.