They were not kidnapped as is being reported are they? they where taken as prisoners of war I would say, Just like America takes prisoners of war.
For Georgie his Administration, and the American Public, any Iraqi citizens taken are classed as prisoners of war, so any American taken would also be a prisoners of war, not kidnapped.
By Paul Tait and Ibon Villelabeitia
2 hours, 6 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces searching for three soldiers said on Tuesday suspected al Qaeda militants holding the men were trapped in an area of farmland near Baghdad.
Backed by helicopters and using sniffing dogs, thousands of American and Iraqi troops taking part in the massive hunt have isolated towns in the "Triangle of Death" south of the capital, where the captors are believed to be hiding, the military said.
Al Qaeda has warned the U.S. military that the hunt could put the captured soldiers' lives at risk.
"The captors don't have freedom of movement; if they have the soldiers, they can't move them from where they are," said Major Kenny Mintz, an officer participating in the operation. "We're doing a deliberate search of the areas for the people responsible for the soldiers we're looking for." "Right now our focus is on searching for the missing soldiers, and we're trying to isolate the areas where we think they could be," Mintz was quoted as saying in the statement.
The soldiers, part of a larger unit sent to intercept roadside bombs in a Sunni Arab militant stronghold, went missing after a coordinated ambush on Saturday in which four other U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi army translator were killed.
The hunt in a terrain of orchards and canals centered near the town of Mahmudiya, where suspected al Qaeda militants abducted two U.S. soldiers in June. Their badly mutilated bodies were found days later.
The U.S. military said it had detained 11 people and conducted "tactical questionings" since the search began.
The al Qaeda-led Islamic state in Iraq, has mocked the U.S. forces searching their comrades by saying "you are only tiring yourself." The Sunni Islamist group has not given any proof the soldiers were still alive. >>>cont
2 hours, 6 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces searching for three soldiers said on Tuesday suspected al Qaeda militants holding the men were trapped in an area of farmland near Baghdad.
Backed by helicopters and using sniffing dogs, thousands of American and Iraqi troops taking part in the massive hunt have isolated towns in the "Triangle of Death" south of the capital, where the captors are believed to be hiding, the military said.
Al Qaeda has warned the U.S. military that the hunt could put the captured soldiers' lives at risk.
"The captors don't have freedom of movement; if they have the soldiers, they can't move them from where they are," said Major Kenny Mintz, an officer participating in the operation. "We're doing a deliberate search of the areas for the people responsible for the soldiers we're looking for." "Right now our focus is on searching for the missing soldiers, and we're trying to isolate the areas where we think they could be," Mintz was quoted as saying in the statement.
The soldiers, part of a larger unit sent to intercept roadside bombs in a Sunni Arab militant stronghold, went missing after a coordinated ambush on Saturday in which four other U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi army translator were killed.
The hunt in a terrain of orchards and canals centered near the town of Mahmudiya, where suspected al Qaeda militants abducted two U.S. soldiers in June. Their badly mutilated bodies were found days later.
The U.S. military said it had detained 11 people and conducted "tactical questionings" since the search began.
The al Qaeda-led Islamic state in Iraq, has mocked the U.S. forces searching their comrades by saying "you are only tiring yourself." The Sunni Islamist group has not given any proof the soldiers were still alive. >>>cont
An American Nightmare: The US Search for Kidnapped Troops in Iraq
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