Two Missing U.S. Guards Found Dead in Iraq

By Steve Inskeep

Published June 28, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

The bodies of two American military guards who were missing since Wednesday are found 25 miles northwest of Baghdad. Another U.S. soldier died in a grenade attack on a military convoy Friday night. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Kate Seelye.

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