July 24, 2010
Taliban Claims Two U.S. Soldiers Captured
And worse than the often exaggerated claims of the Taliban, ISAF confirms that two soldiers have gone missing.
"Two International Security Assistance Force service members departed their compound in Kabul City in a vehicle on Friday afternoon and did not return," ISAF said in a brief statement."The unit dispatched vehicles and rotary-winged assets to search for them and their vehicle, and the search is ongoing."
The obvious questions is, of course, why did two soldiers leave their base without being part of a larger unit? There is something more than a little suspicious about the circumstances. Hopefully they'll be recovered alive and their COs will be able to question them about that.
"why did two soldiers leave their base without being part of a larger unit?"
They could have been cut off from their patrol during an ambush. Combat can be strange.
This vet sees this campaign in both Iraq & Afghanistan as exercises in futility. Bring our troops home now.
Buddy of mine works for the UN food programme in Kabul. A couple of times while driving around he has almost been "captured" by Taliban who luckily turned out to be employees of a local "friendly" warlord. Not always easy to tell who's who over there, like in any counterinsurgency. These boys probably just made a simple, yet costly mistake.
Posted by: Will Butler at July 25, 2010 12:58 PMDavid, why not try actually reading the linked article?
'"Two International Security Assistance Force service members departed their compound in Kabul City in a vehicle on Friday afternoon and did not return," ISAF said in a brief statement.'
Nope. No ambush. No firefight. Just a couple of goobers who wandered off on their own.
Let's invoke the 48-hour (at least) rule on this before we start getting excited.
