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clipper's remarks: Agence-France Press quoted a Haqqani commander as saying his militia had captured the soldier in the Yousuf Khail district of Paktika province, along the porous border with Pakistan. ?Our leaders have not decided on the fate of this soldier.? the AFP quoted the Haqqani commander, identified only as Bahram, as saying. ?They will decide on his fate and soon we will present video tapes of the coalition soldier and our demand to media.? These situations have not ended well. It?s a dirty war and it is likely to get ugly, as the enemy uses it to its fullest propaganda effect. Don?t want to get political about it, but it inevitably will become another political problem for our president. Too bad we don?t have a wartime one http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/07/02/obama-to-troops-wtf /
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Believed captured in Afghanistan. An American soldier apparently wandered off his base. Washington Post :

A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the military said Thursday.

In a statement issued from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul, officials said ?we are exhausting all available resources to ascertain his whereabouts and provide for his safe return.?

Military officials ? said the missing soldier appears to have walked off his base into an unsecured area.

A member of the Taliban linked to insurgent leader Sirajuddin Haqqani in Pakistan said that the soldier is in the custody of militants from the Haqqani network who are operating on the Afghan side of the border.

The Taliban fighter, interviewed by telephone, said the kidnapping was carried out by Maulvi Sangeen, an Afghan commander linked to Haqqani. The source did not provide any information about where the soldier may be being held.

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