Military makes arrests amid hunt for snatched soldiers

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"Military makes arrests amid hunt for snatched soldiers
Published: 5/16/07, 10:00 AM EDT

The U.S. military Wednesday continues its massive search for three missing American soldiers, sifting through more than 140 tips that have led to dozens of "deliberate operations," spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said.
Caldwell said one U.S. soldier has been wounded in the search, launched after the soldiers went missing Saturday morning following an ambush south of Baghdad that killed four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier.

Based on 143 tips, Caldwell said 37 specific operations have been launched "going after targets trying to find our missing soldiers."(Watch why kidnapping weighs heavily on U.S. troops)

Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi forces are taking part in the search and have questioned more than 600 people. Of those, 11 have been detained, he said.

The area south of Baghdad has been divided into 35 zones of which 32 have been searched.

"But those operations are ongoing and are by no means complete," Caldwell added."

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1. Dying is one thing, dying by having your skull drilled is another

Those enhanced interrogation techniques can be extremely painful.

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2. Twice the number of usual suspects

Major Strasser will surely be impressed.