Body in G.I. uniform found in river S. of Baghdad

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.main/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi police pulled the body of what they said was a Western-looking man apparently dressed in U.S. military uniform from a river south of Baghdad Wednesday, an official told CNN.

The body was handed over to U.S. military authorities, who have been searching since May 12 for three of their soldiers missing after an attack on an observation post near Mahmoudiya in an area known by troops as the Triangle of Death.

Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver declined to comment on media reports that the body was one of the missing soldiers Wednesday, but a U.S. military source in Iraq told CNN the body recovered was wearing U.S. military-issued pants.

According to the Interior Ministry official, police in Mussayab were notified by Iraqi civilians who saw a body floating down the Euphrates River. Witnesses said the man looked "Western" and had a tattoo on his left arm. He also had a gunshot wound to the head and torso.

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3. While I hate to hear this, I would hope this is all that happened to

him - a couple of gunshot wounds - rather than all measures of torture that could have been inflicted.

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