Missing Soldier's Uncle Criticizes U.S.  —  DALLAS — The uncle of a U.S. soldier who disappeared after a firefight in Iraq lashed out at the government Tuesday after learning two bodies had reportedly been found not far from where his nephew and another soldier were last seen.

The Way Out of Iraq: A Road Map  —  There has been much talk about a withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops from Iraq, but no defined timeline has yet been set.  There is, however, an unofficial "road map" to foreign troop reductions that will eventually lead to total withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Iraq official: U.S. soldiers' bodies found  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of two U.S. soldiers who had been reported kidnapped have been found near the checkpoint where the men disappeared after an attack, a senior Iraqi military official said Tuesday.  The U.S. military said two bodies had been found but had not yet been identified.

Missing soldiers reportedly found dead  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A high-ranking official with the Iraqi defense ministry told CNN on Tuesday that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers have been found south of Baghdad.  —  No more details were immediately available.

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