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Air Force withholding names, photos of missing Afghans
The Valdosta Daily Times, Ga., via Stars & Stripes ^ | December 10, 2015 | Jim Zachary

Posted on 12/10/2015 1:21:45 PM PST by Timber Rattler

Moody Air Force Base officials are not releasing the names or photographs of two missing Afghan trainees.

Capt. Korey Fratini said Wednesday the decision to not release the names is a U.S. Air Force decision and not one that has been made by the base commander.

"It is a matter of policy," Fratini told The Valdosta Daily Times.

The Air Force has maintained a policy of not releasing the names or images of any Afghan personnel in the interest of their personal safety and the safety of their families back in Afghanistan, the captain said.

Fratini said the fact the two men are missing and being sought by federal and local law-enforcement agencies has not changed the military's position.

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Images have circulated on social media with claims they came from the Lanier County public school system.

Fratini emphasized that Moody officials did not share the photos with the school system and that photographs were only sent to law enforcement.

A Lanier County school official confirmed sending out an email with the images in hopes of finding the men, and also said the Air Force contacted school officials after the email had been sent telling them to stop sharing the information.

The captain said the concerns of The Valdosta Daily Times regarding the public's right and need to know as much information as possible has been shared up the chain of command.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; missing; moodyairforcebase; pilots; usaf
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In a prepared statement issued Tuesday afternoon, an Air Force spokesman said the two men were assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron and “do not pose any apparent threat,” but called for anyone with information about the men’s location to contact law enforcement.

Gee, captain, that's kinda tough to do when nobody else knows their names or what they look like, and since profiling is out of the question.

1 posted on 12/10/2015 1:21:45 PM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Hmmmm, it has been a couple of days sense these guys have gone missing. Maybe they joined up with a terrorist cell? That would be another way to get into the country.


2 posted on 12/10/2015 1:23:23 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

I believe they already WERE/ARE in the country. Working in Georgia at AF base. ??


3 posted on 12/10/2015 1:25:23 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Timber Rattler

They’re both named Mohammed Hussein.


4 posted on 12/10/2015 1:25:29 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (I'd rather be islamophobic and alive, than tolerant and dead.)
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To: Timber Rattler
Apparently this is them:


5 posted on 12/10/2015 1:25:36 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler

My my, you’re handy to have around.


6 posted on 12/10/2015 1:27:10 PM PST by Quilla
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To: Parley Baer

They’ve been incommunicado since Friday, and AWOL since Monday.

At first the base was pretending that these guys just got a little carried away with their sightseeing and “forget” to report for duty.

Seems like it might be something else. I’m sure glad we taught these guys how to fly planes.


7 posted on 12/10/2015 1:27:39 PM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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Air Force withholding names, photos of missing Afghans

Hussein wants to make sure his muzzie bros get away and join their terror cell before we can start looking for them.

8 posted on 12/10/2015 1:28:22 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Caution: These remarks may offend some raghead savages and/or liberals - GOOD.)
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To: Quilla

I aim to please!


9 posted on 12/10/2015 1:29:15 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler

Can we “Shoot on sight”? That would make it a lot more fun!


10 posted on 12/10/2015 1:30:35 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Caution: These remarks may offend some raghead savages and/or liberals - GOOD.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Were they properly “vetted?” That makes such a difference....


11 posted on 12/10/2015 1:30:52 PM PST by donozark (Herbicides improve visibility.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Here we go again. Who has to die horribly to stop this sh*t? Will it be you or me? It won’t be Lindsay Graham, Obama or Harry Reid, I know that...


12 posted on 12/10/2015 1:32:00 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: Timber Rattler

Names: Dirga Dirga and Mohammed Jihad.

That wasn’t so hard.


13 posted on 12/10/2015 1:33:38 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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and that' why Air Police, are referred to as APes.
14 posted on 12/10/2015 1:34:11 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: mojito

And when they hijack an airliner we can all ask the $64,000 question

What on erf radicalized these piecefool moozlym boys?


15 posted on 12/10/2015 1:35:14 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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Alternatively
They may have been abducted,
I would be checking on their family in Afghanistan
to see if they are being threatened too

Two trained pilots,acting under duress
can do a LOT of damage

16 posted on 12/10/2015 1:36:50 PM PST by HangnJudge (Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
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To: miss marmelstein

Look, none of us like Jeb. In fact, we disdain him. But he was right in one thing: his brother protected us after 9/11. This president has murdered many people in his own country.


17 posted on 12/10/2015 1:39:41 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: Timber Rattler

Chances are they changed their names to Gonzales and are working at a car wash in Billings, MT. Who would want to go back to Afghanistan after they’ve seen WalMart?


18 posted on 12/10/2015 1:40:21 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: rlmorel

LOL!


19 posted on 12/10/2015 1:40:36 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Gasshog
What on erf radicalized these piecefool moozlym boys?

Oh, clearly Trump radicalized them. Trump's hateful attacks drove these peaceful guys over the edge. It just couldn't be helped.

20 posted on 12/10/2015 1:43:13 PM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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