U.S. soldier kidnapped on family visit in Baghdad

ECH1969

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Tue Oct-24-06 09:55 PM
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U.S. soldier kidnapped on family visit in Baghdad

A U.S. soldier who went missing on Monday was kidnapped by masked gunmen while visiting a relative's house in Baghdad outside the heavily-fortified Green Zone compound, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

The soldier was not named but a U.S. Army official in Washington said the man was an American citizen of Iraqi descent.

"He was reportedly at a relative's house at the time of the abduction when three cars pulled up to the residence. The men, who were described to have dark coloured rags over their noses and mouths, handcuffed the soldier and forced him into one of the vehicles," the military said in a statement.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-24T170538Z_01_HOL461030_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-SOLDIER.xml&WTmodLoc=World-C1-Headline-9

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MadMaddie

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Tue Oct-24-06 09:57 PM
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1. Dammit....

just dammit....

How much more must our military sacrifice for this bullshit war....

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Oct-24-06 10:08 PM
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2. This news is about 24 hours old now. nt

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ECH1969

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Tue Oct-24-06 10:19 PM
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4. That a soldier went missing is old news

This confirms the soldier was taken and how.

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Viva_La_Revolution

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Tue Oct-24-06 10:13 PM
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3. Is it really bad of me to consider that this is

an 'October Surprise'?

"Do this for your country son, we need to help the Commander in Chief remain in control of the Congress, or the Democrats will want to sit down and taaallllk to the Terrorists instead of blowing them to hell."

God, sometimes I think they have killed all the hope I had.

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EFerrari

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Tue Oct-24-06 10:30 PM
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5. I was reading Noam Chomsky today and felt the same way.

Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 10:33 PM by sfexpat2000

Because nothing that we can imagine about these guys can possible be as bad as what they have actually done, let alone what they want to do.

edit: -p

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ECH1969

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Wed Oct-25-06 12:05 AM
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7. uhhh ok

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EFerrari

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Wed Oct-25-06 01:44 AM
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8. I meant BushCo, not the people in Iraq. n/t

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Az_lefty

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Tue Oct-24-06 11:03 PM
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6. self delete...wrong thread

Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 11:04 PM by Az_lefty

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