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Compiled From Newswire Reports/CNN - Bloodied U.S. battle fatigues believed to be those of some of an ambushed Army
maintenance unit were found hidden in a hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, a Pentagon official said.
The uniforms, found by U.S. troops who took over the hospital, appeared to have had their name tags and flag patches
ripped off, perhaps to hide the identity of their owners, the official said.
The troops also discovered what appeared to be a torture device made of a metal cot and a car battery.
The fatigues were found inside a plastic bag in the same hospital where U.S. troops found Iraqi gas masks, chemical
protective suits, guns, ammunition and a tank earlier this week.
The uniforms appear to belong to some of the members of the Army's 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company who were
ambushed March 23 in Nasiriya. Two soldiers were known to have been killed. Eight others are missing, and five were taken
as prisoners of war.
Wirt County native Jessica Lynch was attached to the 507th. Lynch's story was the subject of "48 Hours" last night.
Officials said they think some of the soldiers were in the hospital after the ambush but do not know how long they might have
been there or where they were taken.
Pentagon officials said some remnants appear to be from a woman's uniform. Three of the ambushed soldiers were women;
one is known to be a POW.
U.S. forces took the uniforms from the hospital and will send them for forensic testing.
See earlier report on bodies found in shallow grave.
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