Fingers from 5 Hostages Were Delivered to U.S. officials

Above: American Hostage

BHAGDAD- U.S. authorities that are located in Baghdad had received severed five fingers that are supposedly the finger of the 5 hostages that were taken for more than a year ago in Iraq, as U.S. officials had informed media last Wednesday.

Notifying the families of the 5 captives as FBI is thorough in their investigation for development, U.S. officials however stressed to media that sources should be remained unknown since leakage of information to the public is not allowed.

The fingers had been verified as belonging to the following American hostages in Baghdad:

12 American Soldiers Dead In 3 Days

Above: Two American soldiers patrolling Baghdad

Three American soldiers were the latest victims of recent attacks in Southern Iraq. The soldiers, who were at the Combat Outpost Adder near Nasiriya, were killed from a barrage of rockets that peppered their small base early morning Wednesday. Two other soldiers and a civilian were wounded in the attack. This brings the death toll to 12 in 3 days.

One American soldier died by a roadside bomb in his patrol near Diwaniya yesterday; eight died in a pair of bomb attacks the day before: three in Diyala and five in Central Baghdad.

Al Qaeda Bombs Crowded Baghdad Market

Above: Al Qaeda’s bomb blast

A crowded, predominantly Shi’ite Baghdad shopping area was bombed twice by suspected al Qaeda on Thursday at around 7 in the evening.

The first attack, according to police, was a roadside bomb that was detonated on a street in the central Karadah district. The area was filled with vendors and their customers since Thursday is already weekend for Muslims. Women and children were among the more than 50 casualties; 120 plus more were injured.

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