The United States along with the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland had in March 2003 invaded Iraq to rid Iraq from its See more

8,000 Iraqi and U.S. soldiers launched a search for the two missing soldiers, during which one more U.S. soldier was killed and 12 others were injured, while coalition forces killed … See more

After Iraqi officials had on 20 June disclosed that the bodies of Menchaca and Tucker were found, Mujahedeen Shura Council (apparently) … See more

On 16 June 2006 Specialist David J. Babineau (aged 25), Private First Class Kristian Menchaca (aged 23) and Private First Class Thomas … See more

During the night on Monday, 19 June, U.S. soldiers spotted the dead bodies of Menchaca and Tucker, three miles from where they had been captured, near the village of Mufaraji. … See more

U.S. officials said on 11 July 2006, the released MSC video "demonstrates the barbaric and brutal nature of the terrorists and their complete … See more

In October 2008, an Iraqi court convicted and sentenced to death Ibrahim Karim Muhammed Salih al-Qaraghuli for the abduction, torture, and killing of Menchaca and Tucker. Expert testimony linked al-Qaraghuli's fingerprints to bloody prints found on the truck … See more