American soldiers who later helped clear the rubble of the destroyed church discovered the statue buried under the sacristy.
The soldiers called in an airstrike and later discovered all eight bodies at the destroyed building.
Mutt rolled the second injured soldier off his shoulder, discovered he wasn't breathing.
From behind they heard more shouting now as other soldiers discovered their dead and plunged out of the fortress for revenge.
Iraqi soldiers discovered letters, computers, materials for making car bombs, identification papers and medical supplies.
The army said that during the raid the soldiers discovered two tunnels used to smuggle weapons from Egypt.
As American soldiers have discovered time and again, some of the deadliest weapons used against them cost no more than a few dollars to make.
The guerrillas were hiding in rocky terrain near the village when the soldiers discovered them, the spokesman said.
A soldier named Sullivan discovered native silver while building a military road in central Arizona.
The soldiers try to desecrate the body and discover it is only a suit of armor.