Sgt. still missing, 2 years after capture

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Sgt. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie
Only service member still missing from Iraq war


Sgt. still missing, 2 years after capture
By Ben Leubsdorf - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 23, 2008 5:55:26 EDT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ahmed Kousay al-Taie was visiting his wife’s family in central Baghdad when a group of armed, masked men dragged him to a waiting car.

Two years later, the Army translator from Ann Arbor is still missing, the only U.S. serviceman who remains missing in the current Iraq war.

Al-Taie, a 41-year-old specialist when he was captured on Oct. 23, 2006, is now 43 and a sergeant. The last public news of him came in February 2007, when a Shiite militant group called Ahl al-Bayt Brigades released a 10-second video of him on the Internet.

The military is committed to bringing al-Taie home, said U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Russell, a spokesman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq.

“The universal expectation that no one will be left behind is a fundamental article of faith that underpins the motivation and confidence of every U.S. service member deploying to a foreign duty location,” Russell wrote in an e-mail.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/10/ap_ahmed_altaie_102208/%2e

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1. This is a disgrace. n/t