Posted on 07/18/2009 7:40:50 PM PDT by ianschwartz
ABC News: The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban.
Two U.S. defense officials confirmed to The Associated Press that the man in the video is the captured soldier. The video provide the first glimpse the public has had of the missing soldier.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Pray for this man.
uhm, didn’t I read somewhere that this ‘soldier’ abandoned his post and went AWOL?
Prayers sent.
Where the hell is Obama?
That has been reported. Remember the soldier a few years back in Iraq who went missing and turned up a few weeks later in his homeland of Lebanon? Otherwise, walking off your post in that part of he world strongly suggests a psychological case which in this situation might work to his advantage.
When asked about the matter, President Obama looked annoyed, saying, "Look guys, let's keep focused on the important things here: passing my health care plan and Cap and Trade right away."
Are you serious? he actually said that after the question was asked?
Prayer bump
Prayers for this soldier and his loved ones. Don’t want to see the next video.
Get Hiltery to seek out “moderate” terrorists?
The problem is Obama IDENTIFIES with TERRORISTS.
This is WHY he has been almost literally bending over backwards to be friends with them and shunning and insulting our allies. What's the boy going to do? Make nice? Ignore it and hope it goes away? Go out to a dinner and play in NYC via Air Force One? After all these are supposed to be his FRIENDS?
I sincerely pray we don't have another video ... .
Yeah, everyone with sense realizes that except for Obama.
Terrorist are our friends according to Obama.
They are LAUGHING at him. Even they don’t want anything to do with such a moron.
No, he fell behind. He didn’t abandon anyone.
Discovering himself in Africa while Michele is discovering her “slave roots”.
this poor sap is a D.M.F.
“No, he fell behind. He didn’t abandon anyone.”
That may well be the case, but according to this and other stories that I’ve read, it is not that clear cut.
Intense Search for American Soldier Captured in Afghanistan
Thursday, July 02, 2009 FOX News
Excerpt
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan after he walked off post with his three Afghan counterparts, officials said Thursday.
There are indications that the soldier who was captured was “disaffected” and that he left the base to meet up with several Afghan nationals who were members of the security forces that he had been working with to train, one U.S. defense official tells FOX News.
“He was not of sound mind when he did what he did. Not smart,” the official said.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529816,00.html
Also-
Taliban Threatens to Kill U.S. Soldier Captured in Afghanistan
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Associated Press as reported by FOX NEWS
Excerpt-
The U.S. military has said the soldier was noticed missing during a routine check of the unit on June 30 and was “believed captured.”
The Taliban claimed on its Web site on July 6 that it was holding the soldier.
“Five days ago, a drunken American soldier who had come out of his garrison named Malakh was captured by mujahedeen. ... He is still with mujahedeen,” said the report. The short Web message did not elaborate on his whereabouts, nor did it provide any proof such as a photo.
The U.S. military has said it intercepted communications in which insurgents talked about holding an American.
The soldier’s body armor and weapon were found on the base, and U.S. defense sources say he “just walked off” post with three Afghans after work. They say they have no explanation for why he left the base.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533105,00.html
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