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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:59 PM

Published 07/02/2009 by The Australian


Taliban nabs US soldier

soldier has been captured by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said last night, as thousands of US marines launched a major anti-Taliban offensive in the south of the country.

US troops in tanks and helicopter gunships poured into Helmand province yesterday in the first major military...

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...to three years. "A US soldier who has been missing since June 30 from his assigned unit is believed to have been captured by militant forces" said US military s...
Taliban nabs US soldier [The Australian - 07/02/2009]
...Mathias. "We are using all of our available resources to find him and provide for his safe return." A commander of the...
Taliban nabs US soldier [The Australian - 07/02/2009]
...for his release. "Our leaders have not decided on the fate of this soldier. They will decide on his fate and soon we will present video tapes of the coalition soldier and our demand to media" he said. The US military...
Taliban nabs US soldier [The Australian - 07/02/2009]

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