Iraqi National Guards and a US soldier carry a body in Mosul.The bodies of what are believed to be nine murdered Iraqi soldiers were found in central Mosul as US and Iraqi forces patrolled the city in a continuing bid to flush out insurgents. Photo by AFP
US troops have found four decapitated bodies during this week military operations in the Iraqi city of Mosul, a military spokesman announced Saturday. Three of the bodies were found by the roadside not faraway from Mosul. The identity of the bodies has not yet been established. They were turned over to the Iraqi authorities, said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings. The bodies of nine murdered Iraqi soldiers were found Saturday in central Mosul, as US and Iraqi forces patrolled the city in a continuing bid to flush insurgents.