Severed fingers reportedly sent to US

By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 13, 3:17 PM ET

Severed fingers of five Western contractors were sent to the U.S. military in Iraq, giving the men’s relatives hope that they are still alive, a brother of one of the missing men said.

The men were abducted in two separate incidents that occurred a month and a half apart more than two years ago, a U.S. government official said Thursday in Washington.

The Austrian weekly magazine News first reported the delivery of the five fingers in Wednesday’s edition, citing unidentified authorities working on the case.

Patrick Reuben, a Minneapolis police officer whose twin brother, Paul Reuben, is among the missing, said late Wednesday the FBI told his family members that “the fingers were confirmed to be those of the hostages.”

Patrick Reuben said the news of the severed fingers was “shocking,” but that the initial word the family got was “much more serious than that. Later on we found that it was fingers that were recovered and that the DNA confirmed it was the hostages.”

Jackie Stewart learned her son’s finger had been cut off from a reporter, and the FBI confirmed it to her later that day, she said.

“The fact that my son lost a finger is very disturbing,” said Stewart, the mother of Joshua Munns. “But if they haven’t killed him now, I seriously doubt they will, unless something tragic happens, something devastating.”

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By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 13, 3:17 PM ET

Severed fingers of five Western contractors were sent to the U.S. military in Iraq, giving the men’s relatives hope that they are still alive, a brother of one of the missing men said.

The men were abducted in two separate incidents that occurred a month and a half apart more than two years ago, a U.S. government official said Thursday in Washington.

The Austrian weekly magazine News first reported the delivery of the five fingers in Wednesday’s edition, citing unidentified authorities working on the case.

Patrick Reuben, a Minneapolis police officer whose twin brother, Paul Reuben, is among the missing, said late Wednesday the FBI told his family members that “the fingers were confirmed to be those of the hostages.”

Patrick Reuben said the news of the severed fingers was “shocking,” but that the initial word the family got was “much more serious than that. Later on we found that it was fingers that were recovered and that the DNA confirmed it was the hostages.”

Jackie Stewart learned her son’s finger had been cut off from a reporter, and the FBI confirmed it to her later that day, she said.

“The fact that my son lost a finger is very disturbing,” said Stewart, the mother of Joshua Munns. “But if they haven’t killed him now, I seriously doubt they will, unless something tragic happens, something devastating.”

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