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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,...

I am again posting the story on one of our American heroes Army Specialist Ahmed Altaie. I have posted several times in past about Ahmed's case asking for anyone who reads the post to contact their Senators and Congressman to ask for an update on Ahmed's status. This was done in the hope that if there were enough inquires it would elevate the investigation into his whereabouts. To date: no new information has been received or released concerning Ahmed's status since March 15, 2007. Ahmed is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on...

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...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Infanti, a father of six, has been searching for his men--two as young as his own children--since al-Qaida linked insurgents captured them last month in Iraq. And the 50-year-old Stafford County resident has said the door-to-door search in the violent area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death" won't end till the soldiers are found. Islamic radicals said the missing soldiers are dead, but offered no proof. Three were captured and one was found dead May 23 in the Euphrates River. Their captors convolutedly said the fact that U.S. forces wouldn't submit to...

(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...