Why were they left so unprotected.... with no other troops nearby to assist during the attack?
Massive hunt for U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq
TWO REPORTED ABDUCTED AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES
By Jonathan Finer
Washington Post
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted a sweeping hunt Saturday for two American soldiers missing after a clash with insurgents in Al-Yusufiyah,south of Baghdad, raiding houses, scanning the scene from aircraft and deploying divers to search waterways.
One American soldier was killed in the incident, in which insurgents attacked a vehicle checkpoint in the restive Sunni Arab town just before 8 p.m. Friday. The names of the dead and missing soldiers are being withheld until their families can be notified, the military said.
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
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