U.S. Soldiers Captured in Iraq
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld has acknowledged American soldiers are missing in Iraq.
The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera aired footage from Iraqi television of interviews with what the station identified as captured American prisoners, and also showed bodies in uniform in an Iraqi morgue that it said were Americans. A senior defense official said Pentagon officials did not know precisely how many Americans had been captured. The official declined to identify the unit involved so as not to cause panic among soldiers' families.Rumsfeld said there could also be captured journalists. On the Al Jazeera tape,
On the tape, one prisoner said he was from Kansas and another said he was from Texas. Asked why he was fighting Iraqis, the soldier who said he was from Kansas replied: "They don't bother me; I don't bother them."Rumsfeld also said he personally believes saddam is dead.
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