Posted on 07/11/2008 4:57:37 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Defense confirmed Friday that the remains of two U.S. soldiers captured in an ambush south of Baghdad more than a year ago were found this week.
A tip from an informant led the military Wednesday to the bodies of Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Michigan, according to Jimenez' father, quoting officers who informed him of the discoveries.
"The Armed Forces Medical Examiner positively identified human remains recovered in Iraq July 9 to be those of two soldiers who had been previously listed as 'missing-captured,'" the Department of Defense said in a written statement.
The military did not say where the remains were found.
"Jimenez and Fouty were part of a patrol that was ambushed by enemy forces south of Baghdad on May 12, 2007. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), at Fort Drum, New York," the military said.
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I pray that God will comfort your families.
I won’t hold my breath waiting to hear the DemocRATS and their “human rights” groups express any of their famous “outrage” over this. Ain’t gonna happen.
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