Missing Soldier Classified As Captured

[cal04]

An American soldier missing in Iraq since late October probably was captured by the enemy, the Pentagon said Thursday, making official what the U.S. military there has suggested for more than a month.

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, a 41-year-old Iraqi-born resident of Ann Arbor, Mich., was snatched off the street while he was visiting his Iraqi wife in Baghdad on Oct. 23.

U.S. forces have conducted raids in portions of Sadr City searching for al-Taayie, who worked as a translator. The U.S. government has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his recovery.

He initially was listed as ''whereabouts unknown,'' but the military generally reviews such cases to rule out all other possibilities, including being absent without leave. He is now considered ''missing-captured.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Missing-Soldier-Iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Bushies gotta go]

1. I'd love to stick this up some people's kiester

Yeah, where's the rage about this? Not only did the * admin not care about this guy, they allowed the Iraqi government to order our troops out of Sadr city during the hunt for this guy.

Oh well, he was one a them al kayda types anyway, good riddance... :sarcasm: (said in a beer guzzilin, bush supportin', trailer trash way)

[Nite Owl]

2. So much for leave no man

behind. And 50k with all that they piss away is obscene.

[maddezmom]

3. are there others POW's?

I thought there was another, but the name escapes me right now.

[kainah]

4. No other POWs

and notice how they've avoided using that title. "Captured" sounds better, I guess. There is another soldier MIA -- or what they now call DUSTWUN, duty station whereabouts unknown. His name is Keith Matt Maupin, from a little town in southeast OH. He's been missing since spring '04, I believe.