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OWESAT, Iraq — Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division and the Iraqi army detained a man on Friday suspected of abducting two soldiers missing since May 12. Ibrahim Abid Aboud al-Janabi was detained after his sister, who says her family imprisoned and tortured her, told soldiers that al-Janabi mutilated and buried two soldiers’ remains in a sand pit a quarter of a mile from their home. Soldiers dug holes at the initial site but came up empty. They will continue looking for remains among the vast sand dunes. “We’re going back out there later this evening,” said Capt. Cliff Kazmarek,...

Stafford County Army officer whose men were captured in Iraq criticizes Congressional leaders who he says are making decisions about Iraq war based on polling See related video (at FLS link) His 7-year-old son is going to be a baseball player, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Infanti proudly tells a visitor as the boy smiles shyly. Daddy is a soldier, and is far from shy about that. There's no escaping that fact; no forgetting it, not even for a moment, not ever. Infanti, 50, made it home to Stafford County from Iraq to see his wife, Roberta, and six children...

D Cards Of 2 Missing Soldiers Found In Iraq Identification Discovered In Al Qaeda Safe House (AP) BAGHDAD The identification cards of two American soldiers missing since an attack on their unit in May were found in an al Qaeda safe house north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. Separtely in Basra, an explosion leveled a Sunni mosque, residents said, in the second retaliatory attack in as many days for the toppling of minarets at a prized Shiite shrine in Samarra. Iraqi police did not immediately respond to the bombing of the al-Ashrah al-Mubashra mosque, witnesses said, raising fears...

(CBS/AP) An Islamic militant Web site said Monday it would soon release video clips showing the capture of three American soldiers, who went missing in Iraq in mid-May. The body of one soldier was later found, but the other two remain missing. The Washington-based SITE Institute said it had obtained the 10 minute, 41 second video that shows the planning stages and kidnapping operation as well as footage from after the attack. The institute, which monitors militant Web sites, said the video also shows the identification cards of the two of the soldiers. A prominent Islamic Web site said in...

A crowd of people put their hands over their hearts, saluted and thrust flags in the air as the slow procession of Cpl. Joseph Anzack Jr.'s white, silver-trimmed, horse-drawn hearse made its way through the streets of Torrance on Friday. Many stood outside their homes to honor a man who made the ultimate sacrifice in military duty, and to mourn with his family.. Cpl. Joseph Anzack Jr. Complete ArticleProcession slideshow

Yesterday, a very moving memorial service was held in Torrance, California, for one of our own. Joseph Anzack, Jr., 20, one of the soldiers recently kidnapped in Iraq and found dead a few days later, returned home for the last time. Joe graduated from South High School in Torrance in 2005. His memorial service was held there just two years later. I'm posting this for two reasons: 1st for the benefit of any California members of FR, to honor one of our own heroes, and 2nd, because of the powerful message that adorned the front door of Joe Anzack's home....

The body found in the Euphrates River has been identified as Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. "I was honored to have him serve this country," Joseph Anzack Sr. told the [Torrance] Breeze. "I know he went over there and made a difference... It was an honor to be his father." Keep his family and the families of the other still-missing soldiers in your thoughts and prayers. Here is Pfc. Anzack's MySpace page. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=108968965

BAGHDAD, May 23, 2007 – It's a unit's worst nightmare: the uncertain fate of a fellow American soldier. The soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division’s 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Fort Drum, N.Y., are focused on finding their missing comrades and returning them home. Three of the unit’s soldiers have been missing since a May 12 ambush. A body found today by Iraqi police may be that of one of the missing soldiers, military officials said, but no confirmation has yet been announced. Leaders say the missing soldiers, Spc. Alex Jimenez, Pfc. Joseph Anzack and Pvt. Byron Fouty, had...

The body of a U.S. soldier found in the Euphrates River in Iraq was identified Wednesday as a California man who was abducted with two comrades a week and a half ago, a relative said. Military officials told the family of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. of Torrance that a commanding officer identified the body, but that DNA tests were still pending. "They told us, 'We're sorry to inform you the body we found has been identified as Joe,'" said the soldier's aunt, Debbie Anzack. "I'm in disbelief."

One of three U.S. soldiers that vanished after a May 12 assault on an outpost by insurgents linked to Al Qaeda was found dead, FOX News confirmed.