5 U.S. soldiers Dead, 3 Missing After Iraq Attack

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times*

May 12, 8:17 AM EDT

*5 **U.S. soldiers** Dead, 3 Missing After Iraq Attack*

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An attack on a unit of U.S.-led forces patrolling
outside the Iraqi capital before dawn left five soldiers dead and three
missing, the military said.

The attack on the patrol of seven U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter
soldier occurred near Mahmoudiya, in a Sunni insurgent stronghold about
20 miles south of Baghdad, the military said.

Troops were searching for the three missing soldiers, the military said.