Body 'wearing US army uniform' found in Iraqi river

Iraqi police today found the body of a man floating in the Euphrates River who was wearing what appeared to be a US military uniform.

The man had been shot in the head and chest, said Babil police Capt. Muthana Khalid.

Discovery of the body in Musayyib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad in Babil Province, came as US troops and Iraqi forces continued their massive search for three soldiers abducted on May 12 in an ambush on their patrol near Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

Khalid said the Iraqi police turned the body over to US forces.