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David Botti
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Jan 9, 2008 03:02 PM
The Army Times writes of missing soldier Sgt. Alex Jimenez
and his new promotion given under a policy issuing MIA servicemembers
promotions. Family members receive salaries and benefits accorded the
missing soldier. The event is a good reminder that there are still four
U.S. soldiers who've gone missing while serving in Iraq.
Sgt. Jimenez and Pvt. Byron Fouty went missing in an ambush on May 12, 2007 in Al Taqa, Iraq (bodies of the other soldiers mentioned in this press release were eventually found). A local Massachusetts paper has this audio slideshow featuring Jimenez's mother thanking her community for its support.
CNN provides a good online graphic
of where things stand with the missing. Perhaps the most familiar name
on the list is that of Sgt. Keith Maupin, who disappeared April 9, 2004
after his convoy came under attack. A Website
kept by his parents has a running clock listing Maupin's time in
captivity. After Maupin's disappearance Al Jazeera broadcast a
videotape claiming to show his death by a gun shot, but U.S.
authorities could not confirm it was indeed Maupin--and therefore he is
still listed as missing.
In October 2006 Specialist Ahmed Altaie
was kidnapped in Baghdad as he made an unauthorized visit to his wife,
an Iraqi college student. Later Altaie's mother-in-law provided this account of the events:
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