The body of US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, missing in Afghanistan since last Friday, has been found. The Taliban claimed to have taken him prisoner after a brief firefight in which his companion, Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, was killed. Newlove had been the object of intensive searches by NATO and Afghan security forces for the last several days. His body was found in a stream following heavy rains. No information was released on the cause of his death.
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