Two US soldiers missing in Iraq for three days after apparently being abducted have been found dead northwest of Baghdad. "The bodies of two soldiers who were missing since June 25 were recovered," Lieutenant Colonel Martin Compton said. He said the bodies were found on Saturday around 35 kilometres north-west of Baghdad. The Pentagon named the two men as Sergeant First Class Gladimir Philippe, 37, of Lincoln, New Jersey, and Private First Class Kevin C. Ott, 27, of Columbus, Ohio. They were both assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Regiment. The US military had earlier said the two soldiers were "reported missing from their security post at the rocket-demolition site near Balad", north of Baghdad on Wednesday. They were thought to have been abducted along with their Humvee light armoured vehicle by Fedayeen militia wanting to use the vehicle to get close to US troops for an attack. A US spokesman said Friday that three Iraqi nationals had been arrested in connection with the abduction.
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