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| Iraqi police say they have found the body of one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq since 12 May. | Iraqi police say they have found the body of one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq since 12 May. |
| The body, which had bullet wounds, was found in the Euphrates river near the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad. The corpse has now been taken by US forces. | |
| The men disappeared after an ambush on a patrol near Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, in which four other US soldiers and their translator died. | The men disappeared after an ambush on a patrol near Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, in which four other US soldiers and their translator died. |
| Elsewhere in Iraq, 15 people died in a suicide bomb attack on a cafe. | |
| The blast was in Mandali, a town of mainly Shia Muslim Kurds near the Iranian border. | |
| Bullet wounds | |
| About 4,000 US soldiers and 2,000 Iraqi soldiers have been involved in a massive search for the men since it was discovered that they were missing from the ambush site where the two humvees they had been travelling in were attacked. | |
| The US military has offered rewards of up to $200,000 (£100,000) for information leading to the return of the three. | |
| The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of militants led by al-Qaeda, has claimed to be holding the soldiers. | |
| In an unverified statement posted on an Islamist website, the militant group claiming to hold the soldiers told the US: "If you want them safe, do not search for them." | |
| Iraqi police say the body discovered on Wednesday was dressed in what appeared to be a US army trousers and boots and had a tattoo on the left arm. | |
| There were bullet wounds to the head and chest, Babil police Capt Muthana Khalid said. |