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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: missing soldiers

missing soldiers stories: 14 news summaries

 2 American NATO Troops 
 Missing in Afghanistan 

Western region has seen a recent uptick in violence

Nov 6, 09 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Two NATO soldiers have been missing in Western Afghanistan since Wednesday after a routine supply mission went awry. “We continue exhaustive search and rescue operations to locate our missing service members,” a NATO spokesperson tells the BBC . “We are doing everything we can to find them.”... More »

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(Newser) - The British Defense Ministry is under fire for backing a new line of all-male toy soldiers, reports the Guardian.The promotional campaign for the new toys is also all-white. The figures were created with the help of senior officials from Britain's army, navy, and the Royal Air Force. They carry... More »

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missing soldiers • toys • British military • Royal Air Force • Britain • navy • RAF • Ministry of Defense

Missing Soldier Found Alive

Kidnap victim surfaces in Nev. 'tired, scared, weak'; estranged husband in custody

Jul 21, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fort Bliss soldier reported missing and endangered Friday has been found alive in Nevada, reports the AP, and tells family that her estranged husband abducted her from her El Paso apartment. Jeneesa Lewis, whose apartment yielded evidence of a struggle, reported being beaten and stabbed twice, and sounded "... More »

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Texas • kidnapping • missing soldiers • US Army • missing person • Fort Bliss

Missing Soldier Was About to Divorce Hubby

Police found evidence of 'foul play' in her empty apartment

Jul 20, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Fort Bliss soldier reported missing on Friday had been planning to divorce her husband, says her sister. Two days before she disappeared, Jeneesa Lewis texted her sister "Yeah, he's gone. Had police go with me yesterday, it's all clear." The husband, Clinton Lewis, is also missing and... More »

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Soldier Missing After Blaze in
NC Apartment

24-year-old divorcing man she accused of domestic violence

Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident.... More »

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missing soldiers • North Carolina • domestic violence • US Army • soldier • military families • restraining order

 Bodies of 2 Missing GIs Found 

Soldiers were kidnapped by insurgents in 2007 ambush

Jul 11, 08 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The families of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for over a year have been informed that their bodies have been found, reports AP. Alex Jimenez, 25, and Byron Fouty, 19, were seized by insurgents in a May 2007 ambush. Four other soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division "Polar... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • missing soldiers • US military • Alex Jimenez • Brian Fouty

Army Finds Remains of Soldier Captured in 2004

Ominous video showed Matt Maupin surrounded by masked men

Mar 31, 08 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The remains of an Ohio soldier who was captured in Iraq four years ago have been found, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. DNA tests identified the remains as Matt Maupin, 20, an Army general told the young soldier's parents. Maupin had been listed as missing in Iraq since his fuel convoy... More »

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War on Terror • insurgents • missing soldiers • US military • al-Jazeera • Iraq war • Matt Maupin

Army Desertion Rate High and Getting Higher

Multiple lengthy deployments lead to 80% jump over 2003

Nov 16, 07 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The Army desertion rate for 2007 is up 43% over last year and a whopping 80% since the 2003 Iraq invasion, figures out today show. The rate is the highest since 1980, the AP reports. Moreover, it's increasing: Nearly two-thirds of this year's desertions were in the second half of... More »

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Missing GI's
Wife Faces Deportation

Feds may send Boston- area woman home to Dominican Republic

Jun 20, 07 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - While the US military searches for MIA Army specialist Alex Jimenez, the US government may be looking to deport his wife. Yaderlin Jimenez snuck into the country from the Dominican Republic six years ago; Alex, who disappeared in Iraq with two other soldiers last month, had tried in vain to... More »

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Militant Website Says It Has Video of Troop Abduction

Two GIs remain missing after ambush in Iraq

Jun 4, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A militant Islamic website says it will release a video showing the capture last month of three American soldiers. The video shows the kidnapping as well as the ID cards of the two soldiers who are still missing, says an organization that monitors militant websites. The third soldier was later... More »

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Internet • kidnapping • missing soldiers • Islamic militants • video • Euphrates • US Army • Byron Fouty • Alex Jimenez • militant • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Missing Soldier's Body Identified

Troops continue to
hunt for remaining
two GIs missing since May 12

May 24, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has identified the body pulled from the Euphrates River yesterday as one of the three missing American soldiers. DNA evidence is still pending, but a commanding officer identified the remains as Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., a 20-year-old gunner from Torrance, California. More »

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(Newser) - Iraqi police found the body of a man dressed in a U.S. military uniform in the Euphrates river today. A soldier from the unit that lost three soldiers earlier in the month is en route to see if he can identify the body. If the body belongs to one... More »

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Iraq • missing soldiers • US military • Triangle of Death • Mussayab • Euphrates • Mahmoudiya • al-Qaeda

US Posts Reward for Missing Troops

Search for kidnapped soldiers generates $200K offer, thousands of leaflets

May 16, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is offering a $200,000 reward for information regarding the whereabouts of three soldiers who were kidnapped following an ambush Saturday. Helicopters dropped thousands of leaflets over the southern region of Iraq where the attacks took place, beseeching Iraqis to call a hotline with information. Search operations... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • missing soldiers • US Army • Iraq war

Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

US troops comb area south of Baghdad
for three missing since Saturday

May 14, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda umbrella group claims it kidnapped the three US soldiers missing since Saturday. Thousands of troops continue to sweep the area south of Baghdad dubbed the Triangle of Death for their comrades, who disappeared in an ambush that killed four other solders. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq offered... More »

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