European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 ids body found in River As missing go Branimir Casey the younger sister of Joseph Anzack greets friends with hugs and tears at her fathers Home after finding out wednesday that her brother was found dead in by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes the military has con firmed that a body found in the euphrates River on wednesday is one of three american soldiers captured in a May 12 ambush near Joseph Anzack a 20yearold from was identified by one of his com manding officers late wednes officials his family was told of the news just hours they told were sorry to in form you the body we found has been identified As Anzack Debbie told the associated in in military officials said a full scale search operation which includes More than and iraqi troops continued for Alex of and Byron of four other soldiers and an iraqi interpreter were killed in the at responsibility for which was later claimed by a group associated with Al Aida in soldiers in the 4th 31st infantry 10th Mountain division said the news brought closure for one but that the search for the two missing troops remained their Joseph Anzack we cant leave them i just Hope that they have enough Faith to keep them what there going through right i cant Sammy of was quoted As telling lbs a military spokeswoman in Baghdad on thursday denied earlier reports that a second body of a Soldier had been Anzack body was recovered near some 40 Miles family receives news of soldiers Page 9 South of iraqi police officials said wednesday the body partially clothed in a military showed Bullet possible signs of torture and had a distinctive Tattoo on one some people from our town and i was with them dragged the body from the a Abbas a resident of told the new York we saw the head riddled with and shots in the left Side of the his hands were not and he was not the news of Anzack body being recovered ended a Long and painful month for his Sev eral weeks before the the family had endured a false re port that their son had been killed in after his father called the red Cross seeking inform military officials got their son to a from which he called and informed them every thing was email Joseph Giordono at  blast targets kills 26 by Ravi Nessman the associated press Baghdad a car bomb targeting a funeral procession thursday in the turbulent City of fal Lujah killed at least 26 police and medical officials the military also said two soldiers were killed wednes Day during combat operations in Iraq volatile Anbar those along with the deaths of nine other troopers announced brought the american death toll for the month to at least last 104 troops were killed in a parked car bomb exploded thursday morning in 40 Miles West of As a funeral procession passed by for a Man who worked against Al Aida in the blast killed 26 people and wounded 45 police and medical officials the funeral was being held for Alaa a 60yearold restaurant owner who was part of a tribe that had formed an Alliance with other tribal leaders against Quwaid was killed earlier correction Anny Dan me i w j s thursday when unknown Mili Tants shot him in front of his police his 25yearold son was killed by Mili Tants nearly a month ago As he walked Down the on the outskirts of gunmen ambushed a minibus near the shiite dominated District of killing 11 police the attackers then planted a bomb on the which blew up when police injuring four of police a suicide bomber detonated a bomb aboard another minibus driving through killing three civilians and injuring eight police in Sulaiman 75 Miles South of the Northern City of a Roadside bomb an iraqi police Convoy killed six police officers thursday iraqi police at least 104 people were killed in sectarian violence or found dead including 32 who died in suicide bomb insurgents in Baghdad also at tacked a Convoy of diplomats and their military escort with Small arms fire on the military Apache helicopters fired at Sev eral of the armed the military troops then arrived to secure the area and allow the con Voy to the military suspected saboteurs targeted a deserted Oil Well thursday in Hajirah about Miles Northwest of Kirkuk causing a huge Emo a firefighter attempts to extinguish a Blaze As smoke Billows into the sky during a fire in the Hajirah on deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have died since the begin Ning of the Iraq War in March Accord ing to an associated press the figure includes seven military at least died As a result of hostile Accord ing to the military the a count is seven higher than the de sense departments last updated wednesday at 10 the British military has reported 149 deaths 33 18 20 bul 13 11 seven Al Salva five four three two each and austra South one death the latest deaths reported by the military two soldiers were killed tuesday in Baghdad when their vehicle struck an expo four soldiers were killed tuesday in Baghdad by Roadside the latest identifications reported by the military army Oscar Sauceda Del Texas killed tuesday in Baghdad by Small arms fire assigned to the 1st 28th infantry 4th infantry Bri Gade combat 1st infantry fort Marine Lance Benjamin Desi killed tuesday in com Bat in Anbar province assigned to the 3rd 10th Marine 2nd Marine ii Marine expeditionary Camp Marine Julian Talla killed tuesday in combat in Anbar province assigned to the 3rd Battal 10th Marine 2nd Marine Divi ii Marine expeditionary Camp