Two U.S. Troops, Civilians Missing in Iraq -Official
Two American troops and an unknown number of civilian contractors are missing in Iraq after an attack on a fuel convoy west of Baghdad, a Defense Department official said on Friday.
“We do have the two U.S. service members unaccounted for, and an unknown number of contractors,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
No other details of those missing were immediately available.
Witnesses at the scene of the convoy attack said at least nine people were killed. Several vehicles were ablaze and overturned.
A Reuters photographer on the scene said the convoy included U.S. military vehicles and fuel tankers.
More detail on the incident in question here: Insurgents Hold Highway