DOD: Captive US Marine missing for a week

[fryguy]

A U.S. Marine has been missing from his unit in Iraq for nearly a week but it is unclear whether the man has been taken hostage, the U.S. command said Monday.

The announcement was made after Al-Jazeera television broadcast a videotape purportedly of a Marine taken hostage by a militant group which threatened to kill him if the U.S. military did not release all prisoners in Iraq.

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"Contrary to press reports, however, Naval Criminal Investigative Services cannot confirm that Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun has been taken hostage," the statement said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20040627/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_marine_missing_2

[acmavm]

1. Well all things considered, what are the odds? Pretty good, I'd say.

Idiots.