No soldier missing in Iraq - US
The US military said tonight that no American soldiers have been reported missing in Iraq, after Iraqi militants claimed in a web statement to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him.
“No units have reported anyone missing,” said Staff Sergeant Nick Minecci of the US military’s press office in Baghdad.
The posting, on a website that frequently carries militants’ statements, included a photo of what that statement said was an American soldier, wearing desert fatigues and seated on a concrete floor with his hands tied behind his back.
But the figure in the photo appeared stiff and expressionless, and the photo’s authenticity could not be confirmed.
