by- Suzie-Q @ 9:30 AM MST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nine people suspected of involvement in the abduction of three missing U.S. soldiers have been detained as a massive, week-long search for the missing servicemen widens, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops have been scouring farmlands through an area south of Baghdad known as the “triangle of death” since their ambush a week ago in which four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator were also killed.
A U.S. military spokesman said the nine suspected of involvement in the kidnappings were detained during a raid on a building in Amiriya, a Sunni Arab stronghold 40 km (25 miles) west of Baghdad, early on Saturday.
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
INTEL SUGGESTS AT LEAST TWO OF THREE MISSING U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ ARE ALIVE, AND THERE IS ‘SUSPICION’ ONE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER CAPTURE, A SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS; HOWEVER, SOURCE ADDS, ‘WE ARE WORKING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL THREE ARE STILL ALIVE.’