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2 NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan
CNNI ^ | October 6th 2009 | CNN staff

Posted on 11/06/2009 5:26:11 AM PST by Cardhu

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two members of the NATO-led military force in Afghanistan have been missing since Wednesday, the force said Friday. The soldiers were reported missing after going on a routine resupply mission in western Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force told CNN.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mia; nato

1 posted on 11/06/2009 5:26:11 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

American? Canadian? British? Good grief that was a lousy written story.


2 posted on 11/06/2009 5:28:23 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar

It most certain is badly written but perhaps that is all that has been released at the moment.


3 posted on 11/06/2009 5:30:33 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Abathar

BBC is saying 2 foreign soldiers - so I suppose they are not British.


4 posted on 11/06/2009 5:33:39 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu
Remember the American this summer that got up and walked away, leaving behind his personal gear and weapon?

Alot of people don't know this but there is film of Al Queda turning him into a human IED. Interesting no one is reporting this...probably not enough DNA left to "confirm" IMHO. I feel sorry for these 2...bleak outlook.

5 posted on 11/06/2009 5:37:33 AM PST by DCBryan1 (The first Civil War freed slaves from individuals. CW2 will free slaves from the government.)
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To: DCBryan1

Yes I remember that incident but never saw the video you mentioned.

Western Afghanistan is were Helmand Province is and if it is not British (based on the scroll the BBC has about 2 foreign soldiers,)then the chances are they are Americans.

Still, that is just speculation


6 posted on 11/06/2009 5:46:25 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

were = where


7 posted on 11/06/2009 5:47:26 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: DCBryan1; Abathar

Two soldiers are missing in western Afghanistan after failing to return from a routine resupply mission two days ago, Nato officials have said.

“Exhaustive” search and rescue operations were being carried out to try and locate the soldiers, Nato said.

In a statement, Nato did not give the soldiers’ nationalities or say which province they had been in when they went missing.

Military officials said the families of the two soldiers had been informed.


8 posted on 11/06/2009 5:55:46 AM PST by Cardhu
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The service members disappeared near Afghanistan’s border with Turkmenistan, in the town of Bala Morghab and the province of Baghdis, said Sayed Ahmad Sami, the provincial police chief. They were last known to have been somewhere close to the Morghab River.

We still do not know the nationalities.


9 posted on 11/06/2009 6:21:47 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

Thanks


10 posted on 11/06/2009 6:24:43 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Military officials said the families of the two soldiers had been informed.

Nato added that three of its troops were killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks on Thursday. Two of the soldiers were American, but the nationality of the third was not given.


One mile from the center of Bala Morghab

It seems to be a desolate place but there has been plenty of fighting going on around there.

11 posted on 11/06/2009 7:16:30 AM PST by Cardhu
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