Status of (DUSTWUN) Soldiers Changed to ('captured'/) 'Missing'

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Friday it changed the status of two soldiers who have been unaccounted for since an attack on their unit in Iraq on May 12 from "whereabouts unknown" to "missing/captured."

The change reflects an official determination that Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., and Spec. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., were seized by hostile forces. The earlier designation is typically used when a soldier goes missing but military officials have not confirmed the circumstances.

The change does not mean the military has gained any new information about their whereabouts.

An Army review board convened in Alexandria, Va., on June 12 to review the facts surrounding the case. It recommended that the two soldiers be declared "captured/missing," and on June 27 that was accepted by the Army's adjutant general. Relatives were notified of the change of status on Thursday.

Jimenez and Fouty were snatched in a raid on their Army unit on May 12 near Youssifiyah, south of Baghdad. The body of a third soldier taken in the raid, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., was found May 23 floating in the Euphrates River. Four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed during the ambush.

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On May 12.

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rocknation

Against the Iraqi army, I know there were several US prisoners reclaimed back in 2003. And a while back some British troops got taken into custody by Shiite police in the Basra area who were affiliated somewhat with the Shia miliitias down there. But since the current phase of the war started against the Sunni and Baathist insurgencies, around say June 2003 (and yes, that's a very long "Chapter Two"), has there ever been a captured American soldier rescued or released alive?

I'm not trying to be grim here, only factual. Isn't being captured pretty much the same for US troops as being tortured and executed?