US Says 2 Soldiers From India Missing
19 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two soldiers from India have disappeared from a sprawling Marine base, and the U.S. government is helping the Indian government search for them, the State Department said Friday.
Spokesman Sean McCormack said the unidentified Indians disappeared during a training assignment at Camp Pendleton in southern California.
“Our Office of Foreign Missions in Los Angeles received a letter today from the Indian Consulate in San Francisco requesting assistance in liaising with local law enforcement officials about the missing soldiers,” McCormack said in a statement.
The State Department is working with the Defense Department and state and local law enforcement agencies “to provide the Indian government with all the help it needs to locate these individuals,” McCormack said.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8vUAcwmHwCFWs-7x-LtTo5qfelwD8VMOV7O0
“Missing soldiers not deserters yet”
3/29/2008 6:53:59 PM
The Gorkha Regiment.
A full scale manhunt has been launched by the Indian Embassy along with US authorities to locate 2 Indian Army soldiers who went missing soon after their training in a military base in California, US.
Sources in the Army have told TIMES NOW that the Indians will be declared deserters if they do not turn themselves in the next 3 weeks and will be thrown out of the Army.
The missing soldiers belonging to the First Gorkha Regiment were part of the Indian troops, who were taking part in joint counter terrorism exercises with the US Marines.
The two missing soldiers, Sanjay Mahato and Santosh Thapa went missing from Camp Pendleton on the last day of the exercise on March 20. A police case has been registered in California about the two missing soldiers, who left all their belongings, clothes, money and passport, in their rooms.
What India says:
Indian embassy is taking steps to locate the 2 missing Indian soldiers. India’s consulate in San Francisco has requested for assistance from the US Office of Foreign Missions in Los Angeles and the 2 missing Indians have been declared as absent without leave.
What the US says:
Meanwhile, the US has Confirmed reports of the disappearance of the missing Indians. US has assured the Indian government all the help it needs to locate the missing Indian soldiers.
http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=6833
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Ping!
(Makes ya go ‘hmmmmmmm....’)
What is confusing is the title.
I wondered what they meant by “Indians.”
Do we have Indian Nationals serving in our armed forces now, or are they, ahem, Americans?