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Clarksvillian, a decorated veteran, was target of mob's brutality CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Rhonda Teague is clinging to fresh memories of her husband. A month ago, she and Michael Teague celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary. Two weeks ago, he left for work in Iraq as a security adviser. Yesterday morning, about 1 a.m., a man knocked on the Teagues' door in Clarksville and told Rhonda Teague that Michael was dead. ''We will miss him beyond measure,'' Rhonda Teague, 30, said through a family friend last night. ''Mike was a proud father, soldier and friend.'' Michael Teague, 38, a former soldier with...

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio - Three of the four civilians killed and barbarically mutilated in Iraq were identified yesterday as Army veterans and a former Navy Seal. Family members and a spokesperson said Thursday that Jerko (Jerry) Zovko, 32, Michael Teague, 38, and Scott Helvenston, 38, died with another civilian Wednesday after they were hit by rocket-propelled grenades in a rebel ambush. The victims worked for Blackwater Security Consulting, a subsidiary of Blackwater USA based in North Carolina. Zovko's mother said she and her husband had suspected the worst, and their fears were confirmed yesterday when the president of Blackwater USA knocked...