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Missing U.S. Air Force Major Jill Metzger FOUND
abcnews ^ | 982006 | JONATHAN KARL

Posted on 09/08/2006 3:07:09 PM PDT by show me state

Edited on 09/08/2006 3:58:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Varda
Read this slowly - "

She was alone and not being held against her will,

The spokesperson was referring to her condition when she was found. In other words, she escaped or was released. The military did not have to rescue her.
141 posted on 09/08/2006 4:54:13 PM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: Varda

I don't know what happened to her but she does deserve some privacy if she was abducted. If she took off of her own free will, that's a bit different.


142 posted on 09/08/2006 4:54:17 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: 1rudeboy

That was Matthew Shepherd.


143 posted on 09/08/2006 4:55:14 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: indcons

"What's a little beating in an Islamic household?"

A sign you are loved???? /sarc on/


144 posted on 09/08/2006 4:55:33 PM PDT by antceecee (Western countries really aren't up to winning this war on terror... it might offend the terrorists.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Didn't the runaway bride cut off her own hair?


145 posted on 09/08/2006 4:55:58 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: RDTF

You really need to take your meds. There are some comments upthread about her being a runaway bride. OTOH, my first comment on this thread raised the likelyhood that she was kidnapped.

Go read your original post - you appeared to express disbelief in the fact that a muslim male would have beaten her. That's what I was trying to point out.

Don't misquote me to make your point. Point out a single comment where I am "happy" or "insensitive."


146 posted on 09/08/2006 4:57:11 PM PDT by indcons (FReepmail "indcons" to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: antceecee

I don't know - the Koran probably claims such a thing!! I know it is a fact that the Koran considers a woman to be 1/4 of a man.

As a result of this stupid equation, even a muslim woman who is raped has to find 4 male witnesses to collaborate her statement for it to be considered in a court of law. We see this time and again in cases involving these poor women.


147 posted on 09/08/2006 4:59:37 PM PDT by indcons (FReepmail "indcons" to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: Milligan
but why cut and dye her hair?

The story quoting her Father-in-law said her head was shaved. If she normally colored her hair, what is left might be darker.

148 posted on 09/08/2006 4:59:47 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: indcons

NO - you are WRONG. Disbelief that it would be posted here that she must have run off with a muslim man before knowing what happened to her.


149 posted on 09/08/2006 5:00:39 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: RDTF

I did NOT say that!! My earlier comment stands - don't misquote me to make your point.


150 posted on 09/08/2006 5:01:49 PM PDT by indcons (FReepmail "indcons" to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: Al Simmons
"Assuming that she just went AWOL"

This assumption I think is the problem with many on this thread.

I think it is way to soon to assume anything regarding this situation. Gone for three or four days...head hair dyed and shaved...found alone and beaten...

Lets wait until we hear from her or her superiors before we open her up to ridicule. It seems also to me that lately the military is a little less likely to forgive misconduct because "they ARE more emotionally unstable"

151 posted on 09/08/2006 5:02:14 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: Al Simmons
I agree and it's one reason I think women should not be in combat zones although I'm not sure what status Afghanistan has now. IMO an AWOL officer is a very serious matter that requires action but if there's a medical issue I think they would be more forgiving even with a male .
152 posted on 09/08/2006 5:02:21 PM PDT by Varda
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To: show me state
Great news! I would like to see it confirmed by a reputable news source, though. < / sarcasm >

Sorry, I just had to take a swipe at ABC. LOL I joke, but if they cut the 9-11 movie for Clinton's sake, they will have lost what little credibility they had left, and that's not much!

153 posted on 09/08/2006 5:03:54 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
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To: indcons

A fool you'll stay!! I didn't say you did! LOL!
I was responding to what you said my first post was referring to. You were WRONG about what it meant.
Please, I have no more patience for this crap.


154 posted on 09/08/2006 5:04:14 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: RDTF

Okay, all-knowing wise one!!

Don't forget to read the Koran though; it helps to know something about one's enemies.


155 posted on 09/08/2006 5:07:22 PM PDT by indcons (FReepmail "indcons" to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: higgmeister

Did the kidnappers shave her hair to shame her for being a woman without a hardscarf? Or did they shave her head to disguise her appearance so they could smuggle her out of the country for prostitution?


156 posted on 09/08/2006 5:09:08 PM PDT by Milligan
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To: redheadtoo

Having been kidnapped and assaulted is a possibility; at this point the Pentagon is not saying that.

Your other point suggests she's scatterbrained. This is an officer in a dangerous country. She should know enough to be aware of her surroundings and situation. She's been in country for months. That mean to me either she was forcibly kidnapped or she was AWOL.


157 posted on 09/08/2006 5:11:44 PM PDT by Varda
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To: blu

Yeah, but why let facts get in the way?


158 posted on 09/08/2006 5:14:08 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Varda
She was abducted by three young men and a women in a mini-bus and held 30 miles from the capital.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_re_as/kyrgyzstan_missing_major

159 posted on 09/08/2006 5:15:00 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: redheadtoo

Yes I took that statement as a more general statement. Others may be right that it is more precise and said less than I saw in it.


160 posted on 09/08/2006 5:15:16 PM PDT by Varda
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