This is probably her ... prolly figured she could take care of herself. Hope she's OK.
Posted on 09/06/2006 5:04:37 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
BISHKEK, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - A female American soldier from a U.S. military air base in Kyrgyzstan went missing Tuesday in the capital, Bishkek, a spokesman for the base said Wednesday.
The woman was last seen on Tuesday in a city mall after she left a group of fellow servicemen from the Manas Air Base while they were shopping.
Local police said they had no information about a lost American soldier.
"No one has yet notified law enforcement bodies about a lost U.S. citizen," said Sherkozi Mirzakarimov, the Central Asian's first deputy interior minister.
The U.S. has been renting an air base at Manas international airport in the south of the Kyrgyz capital since December 2001 as part of a U.S.-led anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan. About 1,000 U.S. servicemen and several military transport aircraft are deployed there.
Prayers she is found safe and sound.
MM
Prayers yes but...
"after she left a group"
How many military and civilian women must go missing before they learn "Never get cut out of the herd in a strange city or country."
Uh Oh.... This is not good.
Not a good place for a woman to go missing. Never ever leave your group, and be careful leaving the base.
Not a smart thing to do. Not a smart thing to do at all unless, she was deserting and deserting wouldn't be a smart thing for a young female to do in that part of the world.
Thanks for the links."Kyrgzstan has been plagued by instability and crime..."Not good.The article also mentions she's a blonde.
more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4166370.html
Sept. 6, 2006, 6:30AM
U.S. Air Force officer goes missing in Kyrgyz capital
Associated Press
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A U.S. Air Force officer went missing while shopping in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, the U.S. air base in this Central Asian nation said Tuesday.
Maj. Jill Metzger separated from a group of other service members while visiting the central department store in Bishkek on Monday afternoon and has not been seen since, the Manas air base press service said.
It said a group of 22 U.S. military investigators and logistics officers were searching for Metzger, along with the U.S. Embassy and Kyrgyz security and law enforcement services.
The U.S. military has maintained the air base at the impoverished ex-Soviet republic's main civilian Manas airport, about 20 miles from Bishkek, since 2001 to back operations in nearby Afghanistan.
This is probably her ... prolly figured she could take care of herself. Hope she's OK.
Some group will probably take credit for it with the demand that the USAF leave the base for her return.
Her name sounds awfully familiar to me. Is there a reason? Prayers for her safe return!
Attractive young lady Air Force officer goes missing in capital city of predominantly Islamic country. If she isn't found soon, this story will have a most unhappy ending.
This is too small a world. If that's the same Sherkozi Mirzakarimov I knew in 1979, when I was living in Paris (he was a mid-level Soviet diplomat and sometime drinking buddy), he must be about 104 years old. How on earth did he become deputy intererior minister of Kyrgizia?
Keywords added.
Greta just started her show with this story - the pic matches the one posted here in the thread
BTTT!
Those derka derkas better not lay a hand on our women...
I agree, also her face.
Was she a commander or briefer somewhere?
Remember how old the Polit Bureau always was?
More autonomous republics means more top-dog jobs.
You should look him up on-line and send him a note.
Had a high profile job. Sounds like she may be on a fasttrack.
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