fire while operating in the vicinity of the Qarghouli tribe region of Yusufiyah. The ambush left five soldiers dead and three missing. The body of one of these missing soldiers, PFC Joseph Anzack, was found in the Euphrates River in Musayyib by members of D Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne) and members of the local Iraq police force. The other two missing soldiers, SGT Alex Jimenez and PFC Byron Fouty, remained missing for over a year until their remains were discovered by soldiers from 3rd platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment "Cotton Bailers By God" west of the town of Jurf Al Sakhar. Military in the area Numerous units were stationed in the Triangle of Death from 2003. Initial deployments began with occupation of small towns and roads, sometimes in individual houses and temporarily abandoned schools, but later expanded to extensive troop commitments and culminated in 2007 with multiple brigades incurring 15-month deployments under the command of Multi-National Division-Central headed by 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters. Attacks dropped dramatically from the spring through fall of 2007 following the activation of Multi-National Division-Central and an increase in operational tempo following the kidnapping of soldiers from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, near Yusifiyah in May 2007. Another contributing factor to the decline in violence was the implementation of "concerned citizen" groups in the region conducting their own patrols of several tribal areas. Situation in late 2014 to 2015 The towns and villages of the Triangle of Death are under the control of the Iraqi Government following many battles to regain control over the area of which Operation Ashura was the most significant. See also The Triangle of Death (documentary), 2009 film References Further reading "Iraq's Forbidding 'Triangle of Death'" (Washington Post article, with map) "Teams search 'Triangle of Death' for missing soldiers" (CNN, June 17, 2006) "Luck runs out in 'Triangle of Death'" (CNN, November 1, 2005) "'Triangle of death' south of Baghdad: Bounties offered for killings of Shiites, Westerners" (MSNBC November 19, 2004) "To Stop An Arc of Violence" (Washington Post article, September 29, 2005) "Iraqi combat capability on the upswing" (World Defense Review, 29 March 5) "Iskandariyah" (GlobalSecurity.org on Iskandariyah) "Tons of Iraq explosives missing" (CNN.com, October 25, 2004) "Al Qa Qaa - Iraq Special Weapons Facilities" (GlobalSecurity.org on Al Qa Qaa) "PBS Frontline: The Insurgency" (Streaming video of program available in Windows Media