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To: PROLIFE who wrote (564123)	4/14/2004 12:36:51 AM
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Posted 4/13/2004 11:07 PM 4 bodies found in Iraq might be those of missing workers By César G. Soriano, USA TODAY BAGHDAD — Four bodies were found in Iraq on Tuesday, and though the remains had not been identified, U.S. officials indicated that they might be some of the seven Americans civilians who were missing after an attack on a convoy Friday. All seven are employed by Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton. "The remains of four unidentified individuals were found in Iraq today. We do not have confirmation of the identities," State Department spokeswoman Brenda Greenberg said Tuesday. "The Department of State has been in contact with the families of the seven U.S. citizen civilians." The discovery of the bodies added to a growing death toll from more than a week of fighting between U.S. forces and anti-American insurgents. With 83 deaths so far, April has been the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the Iraq war began in March 2003. Previously, the deadliest month was November, when 82 died. At least 880 Iraqis have been killed this month, according to an Associated Press count based on statements by Iraqi hospital officials, U.S. military statements and Iraqi police. Among those are more than 600 Iraqis — mostly civilians — killed in Fallujah, according to that city hospital's director. A U.S. Marine was killed Tuesday by mortar fire while rescuing three wounded crewmembers from an American helicopter brought down by hostile fire near Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad. Lt. Col. Brennan Byrne, the Marine commander in the area, said insurgents brought down the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade before dawn. The rescue team was ambushed as it pulled back from the crash site. Seven Marines were injured in the area. Fresh clashes on the eastern edge of Fallujah threatened a shaky truce in the city, the scene of fierce fighting last week between U.S. Marines and Sunni Muslim insurgents. According to a Pentagon report, U.S. forces were engaged in a "robust hunt" for Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian who was thought to be in or near the city. Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in Iraq. To the south, 2,500 U.S. troops pushed to the outskirts of the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf to prepare for a possible showdown with forces of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said the mission was to "capture or kill" al-Sadr, who is wanted for the murder of a rival cleric last year. His militia fighters have fought U.S. forces in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa but have since pulled back. En route to Najaf, the U.S. force's 80-vehicle convoy was ambushed Monday night by gunmen firing small arms and setting off roadside bombs. One soldier was killed, officers said. usatoday.com