Defense Confirms Remains Are Captured Soldiers

cnn.com ^ | July 11, 2008

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Defense confirmed Friday that the remains of two U.S. soldiers captured in an ambush south of Baghdad more than a year ago were found this week.

A tip from an informant led the military Wednesday to the bodies of Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Michigan, according to Jimenez' father, quoting officers who informed him of the discoveries.

Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Michigan

"The Armed Forces Medical Examiner positively identified human remains recovered in Iraq July 9 to be those of two soldiers who had been previously listed as 'missing-captured,'" the Department of Defense said in a written statement.

The military did not say where the remains were found.

"Jimenez and Fouty were part of a patrol that was ambushed by enemy forces south of Baghdad on May 12, 2007. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), at Fort Drum, New York," the military said.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[Randy Larsen]

Rest In Peace little brothers!

TAPS

[Diogenesis]

"WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours
seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected
of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year..
A search to rescue the men was quickly launched. But it soon ground
to a halt as lawyers - obeying strict U.S. laws about surveillance -
cobbled together the legal grounds for wiretapping the suspected kidnappers.
For an excruciating nine hours and 38 minutes, searchers in Iraq waited as
U.S. lawyers discussed legal issues and hammered out the "probable cause"
necessary for the attorney general to grant such "emergency" permission.
Finally, approval was granted and, at 7:38 that night, surveillance began.
"The intelligence community was forced to abandon our soldiers because of the law,"
a senior congressional staffer with access to the classified case told The Post."

[Volunteer]

Rest in peace soldiers. Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice.

I pray that God will comfort your families.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I won’t hold my breath waiting to hear the DemocRATS and their “human rights” groups express any of their famous “outrage” over this. Ain’t gonna happen.