The bodies of three US soldiers who went missing last month were found in the Tigris river by Iraqi police, a US military spokesman said today.

Two went missing when their helicopter splashed down in the Tigris near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on January 25.

They were on a mission to find another US soldier lost in the waters when a patrol boat capsized.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Piek, a spokesman for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, said the remains of the two pilots were found on Wednesday while those of the soldier whose boat capsized were found today.

He said the army gave two modern boats and diving equipment to members of the Iraqi river police who found the bodies.