Iraq Qaeda says has video on "missing" U.S. airman

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Source: Reuters

Iraq Qaeda says has video on "missing" U.S. airman
13 Sep 2007 19:08:59 GMT

DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A group led by al Qaeda in
Iraq said it would soon post a video about a "missing"
U.S. military man, according to a statement posted on
the Internet on Thursday.

The posting from the media arm of Islamic State in Iraq
showed what appeared to be the military identification of
the man, next to a picture of a fighter plane, suggesting
he was an airman.

A U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said he had no immediate
information on this.

The name on the ID card appeared to be Troy Gilbert, a
U.S. Air Force pilot whose plane crashed in November 2006.
He was declared dead based on human remains found at
the site of the crash, according to a U.S. military Web site.

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