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epicsurvivorfrom AHN:
Mahmudiya, Iraq (AHN) – Backed by sniffer dogs and helicopters, U.S. forces in Iraq searching for three soldiers captured by an Al-Qaeda gang on Saturday have said the group is cornered in an area of farmland near Baghdad.
The three soldiers from Fort Drum’s 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division were captured by the gang after being ambushed on a patrol sent to intercept roadside bombs.
“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,” said Army Maj. Kenny Mintz, the brigade operations officer for the 2nd BCT, 10th Mountain Division in a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.
“The (captors) don’t have freedom of movement; if they have the soldiers, they can’t move them from where they are. We’re doing a deliberate search of the areas for the people responsible for the soldiers we’re looking for,” he said.
No confirmation has been received whether the U.S, soldiers are still alive and militants have mocked coalition attempts to rescue the missing soldiers. LINK
Filed under: 'War on Terrorism', iraq
There’s a bunch of coverage on this. Residents tips have helped a bunch, and they are detaining eleven suspects. As the hajis usually do, they turn to jelly when confronted or interviewed. I know we will get the ones responsible for this, I just hope we can find our guys alive. Based on the way these cretins have treated previously captured troops and private contractors, I can only be hopeful.
Confusion About the Mahmudiyah Incident
Recent reports, suggestive of braggadocio by the US military, claim that the Al Qaeda group that captured the soldiers is “surrounded” in an area of farmland. A careful reading of the news report itself indicates that the military simply feels it has…