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Re: 3 Iraqis Held in Missing GI Investigation

From: POW-MIA InterNetwork

Date: June 27, 2003

"3 Arrested in Case of Missing U.S. Troops

By JIM KRANE

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three Iraqis were arrested Friday in the possible abduction of two U.S. soldiers north of Baghdad, a military spokesman said.

Sgt. Patrick Compton, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said the three suspects were being interrogated. No other information on the arrests was immediately available.
U.S. officials said the two American soldiers were apparently abducted Wednesday night. The men and their Humvee were posted at a rocket demolition site near the town of Balad, north of Baghdad, when they went missing, Compton said.
Ground and aerial searches in the area have not found the vehicle, Compton said, adding that it was possible the soldiers are no longer alive.
"We don't know if they were abducted or they were just killed," Compton said.
Apache attack helicopters were deployed to look for the two immediately after they didn't respond to a radio check, officials said. American troops scoured the area."