U.S. soldier missing in Baghdad: military
al-Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was reported missing in Baghdad on Monday, the military said.

The soldier, part of a multi-national division in the Iraqi capital, went missing at about 7:30 p.m. local time, the U.S. military said in a statement.

"Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces immediately responded to attempt to locate the soldier, the search is ongoing," the statement said. ...

U.S. Soldier Missing in Baghdad
Confederate Yankee

Breaking on al-Reuters:

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Update: Fox News television mentioned the story briefly. The soldier, a translator, was kidnapped. The kidnapping was reported by an Iraqi civilian who witnessed it...

Report: U.S. Army translator kidnapped
Michelle Malkin

Dammit. Watch this story and pray for the translator and his family. Hat tip: Bob Owens. Reuters reports: ...

So, did this guy slip off alone to see a friend or does someone in his chain of command deserve a firing squad for incompetence? I hate to think about either possibility but I can't think of a third.

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U.S. Soldier Reported Missing in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq  —  A U.S. soldier in Baghdad was reported missing late Monday, the U.S. military in Baghdad said. Other reports claimed he was an officer of Iraqi descent and was kidnapped.

A military official in Washington said the missing service member was an Army translator, and the initial report was that he may have been abducted. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not cleared for release.

An employee at Baghdad's al-Furat TV, which was raided by American forces earlier Monday, said the U.S. forces conducting the search told him they were looking for an abducted American officer of Iraqi descent.

The employee said U.S. soldiers and Mouwafak al-Rubaie, the government's national security adviser who went to the station during the raid, told him the missing officer had left to join family members in Baghdad's Karadah district...

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Until I read this post it hadn't quite soaked in that the missing man is of Iraqi descent and his Iraqi-Amrican wife is in the area. Here's hoping he's just AWOL so they can find him and hang him. If he did just slip off to get laid that makes him responsible for any American casualties incurred looking for him.

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