Military uses leaflets, loudspeakers in search for missing soldiers

Above: An Iraqi soldier helps a soldier from the 10th Mountain Division, 2nd Combat Brigade down a steep canal in the area known as the 'Triangle of Death' on April 21. The soldiers killed and missing in Saturday's ambush were also from the 10th Mountain Division, 2nd Combat Brigade.

BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. aircraft dropped leaflets seeking information about three U.S. soldiers feared captured by al-Qaida, as troops intensified the search Tuesday despite a warning from the terror group that the hunt will endanger the captives' lives.

The U.S. command said the searchers were trying to isolate areas where they suspect the captives may have been taken after the pre-dawn ambush Saturday in which four American troops and an Iraq soldier were killed.

"The captors don't have freedom of movement," said Maj. Kenny Mintz of San Diego. "If they have the soldiers, they can't move them from where they are. We're doing a deliberate search of the areas"...

A later statement said aircraft had dropped leaflets asking for help in locating the soldiers. Trucks with loudspeakers were roaming the area urging people to come forward with any information. No details of the leaflets or their precise message were released.

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