Two photographs of kidnapped soldier are released

RAW STORYPublished: Monday June 19, 2006
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KTVZ: "A Madras man is one of two U.S. soldiers who have been the subject of a massive search since their apparent abduction Friday by insurgents at a checkpoint southwest of Baghdad, military officials confirmed. On Monday, a group linked to al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had kidnapped the soldiers.

"Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, based out of Fort Campbell, Ky., has been reported missing in action, said Kay Fristad of the Oregon National Guard's public affairs office.

"Fristad could provide no further immediate details and said Tucker's parents and family "only recently received the news" and were asking not to be contacted directly by reporters. She told The Associated Press that she talked briefly with Tucker's parents, who had been camping this weekend, and they said their son, who was not married, had joined the military "to do something positive for the country."

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Military:7 Wounded During Search for Ft. Campbell Soldiers Missing in Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) - The US military said today that seven American troops have been wounded, three insurgents have been killed and 34 detained during an intensive search for two missing American soldiers.

Major General William Caldwell, a spokesman for US forces in Iraq, said fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles and dive teams had been deployed to find the two Fort Campbell soldiers.

The Defense Department identified the missing men as 23-year-old Private Kristian Menchaca of Houston, Texas and 25-year-old Private Thomas Tucker of Madras, Oregon.

It said 25-year-old Specialist David J. Babineau of Springfield, Massachusetts was killed in the attack. The three were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky

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