Reuters: Missing soldier still being held: military

[Eugene]

Missing soldier still being held: military
Thu Nov 2, 2006 9:10am ET

By Claudia Parsons

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday it believed
an American soldier who was abducted in Baghdad 10 days ago is still
being held by his captors.

U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell also told a news
conference there was a "tremendous amount of political activity" under
way to secure the release of the U.S. soldier of Iraqi descent, who was
kidnapped by gunmen while visiting relatives after leaving the security
of the Green Zone.

Caldwell identified the soldier as Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old linguist
and said he was visiting family "including his Iraqi wife" when he was
kidnapped. His family told reporters he was taken by Shi'ite militiamen.

"At this point we believe the ones who kidnapped Ahmed currently still
have him," Caldwell told reporters.

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Full article: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-11-02T141001Z_01_IBO246393_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-US-SOLDIER.xml

[acmavm]

1. These clowns don't 'KNOW' squat.

[uppityperson]

2. I don't understand this.

If he was kidnapped, and is still missing, wouldn't they still have him? Hey, the sky is still blue too! Or is there still an idea that he AWOL'd?

[Eugene]

3. AP: U.S. confirms soldier married an Iraqi

U.S. confirms soldier married an Iraqi

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 19 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that a kidnapped
soldier was an Iraq-American man who was married to an Iraqi woman.

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Al-Taayie was visiting his Iraqi wife when he was handcuffed and taken
away by gunmen during a visit to the woman's family, Caldwell said.

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Caldwell, however, said that the soldier and his wife were married in
February 2005 and he didn't arrive in Baghdad until November 2005.

"So he has every right, of course, as an American soldier to marry
whomever he wants. ... At the time he was abducted, his wife was in
country here, in Baghdad," he said.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_missing_soldier

[uncle ray]

4. translation:

the military is in contact with the captors, and he has endured ten days of brutal torture so far.