My completely unsubstantiated guess would be that the Iraqis went in afterwards with a pickup truck for cleanup, and it woulnd't surprise me if they purposely buried the bodies in secret to take advantage of western media propaganda, but i wasn't there, perhaps the 4th I.D. knows better than i do, they're the ones who gave the reports.
Have you ever checked DU? They tend to believe the Iraqis over the U.S. troops just as you do.
You may be completely correct and I completely wrong. News reports of these events tend to be wrong at first 99 percent of the time! Give it a few days. I may have to issue a major "mea culpa" to all those who agreed with the first reports of 46 to 54 dead with 18 wounded and 6 captured.
But if I am right and no bodies or real proof is offered? What will you do?