Soldiers' Bodies Found in Iraq ; Disfigured Remains to Undergo Dna Tests

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The U.S. military yesterday recovered the mutilated bodies of two Army privates kidnapped by terrorists Friday night from a checkpoint south of Baghdad.

The bodies were so horribly disfigured that final identification will require DNA testing. But U.S. military officials in Baghdad said the bodies, found in a booby-trapped area, were thought to be those of Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, although official confirmation awaited the notification of families.

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Soldiers' Bodies Found in Iraq ; Disfigured Remains to Undergo Dna Tests

"With great regret - they were killed in a barbaric way," Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed told reporters.

The Associated Press in Baghdad reported that a Web site connected to the terror group al Qaeda in Iraq posted a s...

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