Posted on 10/23/2006 2:19:16 PM PDT by HAL9000
Any further reports today??
alive and in good health.
I don't blame you for feeling anger. You have every reason in the world to, and you are joined by many who are tired of sacrificing good young men and women. I hope what our young people are fighting for is worth it. Bless you, bless your family.
Pretending there is no terror threat will directly cause a THOUSAND times the deaths we are now experiencing fighting terrorism. Also, forget your retirement, a dirty bomb in NYC and Boston and D.C. alnog with oil prices 10 times higher than current levels would make the great depression here in America look like an economic boom. Take your blinders off, this is a HARD war, but it is necessary.
UNDERSTOOD
I watched the last Israeli conflict in Lebanon and thought how sad that the weak Israeli government is destroyinbg the reputation of the seemingly invincible IDF. Than I applied the same scrutiny to our own situation in Iraq and thought our government isn't much better. (Forgive the rant, please.)
Thanks!
You listen too much to CNN.
No on in Iraq thinks we are a paper tiger.
There is no greater job than fighting for someone else's freedom.
Yes, it is worth it.
Have things quieted down there yet? Keep safe.
"There is no greater job than fighting for someone else's freedom."
There are few gifts in life, if any, given to the rest of us by these outstanding soldiers more precious.
Latest check of the wires yields nothing new.
Maybe COUNTER and I are in the minority feeling that what we know doesn't add up.
American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Oct. 24, 2006 - Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers are searching for U.S. soldier missing since yesterday evening. Officials have not released the soldier's name.
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, along with the Iraqi National Police, mounted an intensive effort to locate the soldier by using all means available, including attack aviation elements and unmanned aerial vehicles.
"We will leverage all available coalition resources to find this soldier," Army Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of Multinational Division Baghdad, said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones, and we are working for his safe return."
The soldier was last seen inside the International Zone around 2:30 p.m. Monday. He is assigned as a linguist with duty at Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad.
Officials believe the soldier left the International Zone to visit with family. He was reportedly at a relative's house when three cars pulled up to the residence. Men with dark-colored rags over their noses and mouths handcuffed the soldier and forced him into one of the vehicles, witnesses reported.
The kidnappers, using the soldier's cell phone, reportedly contacted the soldier's relative, who claimed to be at the residence when the abduction occurred. After being notified of the telephone contact, Multinational Division Baghdad leaders immediately began looking for the soldier.
Throughout the night, coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted targeted raids on suspected locations. The raided locations included the Al Farat TV station and the Sadid al Dris Mosque, U.S. officials said.
Coalition forces and Iraqi police used checkpoints to close down roads and bridges in central Baghdad and are searching vehicles attempting to leave the area. Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers have searched several houses and buildings in the area.
Operations to locate the missing Soldier will continue until the Soldier is found, officials said. The soldier is officially considered as "duty status whereabouts unknown."
(From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)
[Web Version: http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1797]
I'll not comment, yet!
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Things have been quiet in my part of town for a couple of days. The helicopters have been up over Karrada District, though while they've been seaching for this missing translator. That's near where I am.
I hope this guy is still alive and OK.
J.T. became a Marine because of 9-11. He is my hero and was everything good in an American kid.
Thanks for the kind words.
So, I'm wondering if those "air attacks" the other night were end-of-ramadan celebrations.
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