As the search for the two soldiers still missing after a May 12 ambush entered the third week, U.S. and Iraqi commanders said their troops have detained 16 people directly related to the attack.
Three men disappeared after Al Qaeda-led insurgents attacked a U.S. military observation post in the Mahmoudiya area of the Triangle of Death. Four American soldiers and an Iraqi Army interpreter were found dead at the scene and three soldiers were kidnapped.
The body of one of the three missing soldiers was found floating in the Euphrates River on Wednesday, and an intense search continues near the river for the other two men, Specialist Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Private Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Michigan.
Troops have detained scores of people during the two-week dragnet and have released all but 100, who remain in U.S. and Iraqi custody.
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