Officials awaiting identification of remains of 3 bodies found in Iraq

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Authorities are awaiting identification of the remains of three bodies in Iraq, a US law enforcement official said, a day after the remains of two kidnapped contractors were identified. Four other kidnapped Western contractors have been missing for more than a year. The disappearances received new attention this month when the severed fingers of several men were sent to the US military in Iraq. Several relatives had taken the discovery of the fingers as a hopeful sign but hopes dimmed Monday when the FBI said the remains of Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, had been identified. A US law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the identification process is ongoing, confirmed that three other bodies are awaiting testing.