[Vision2020] DoD Announces Soldier's Captured Status

[Tom Hansen]

Reported today (December 14, 2006) by the Department of Defense -

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No. 1282-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2006
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711

DoD Announces Soldier's Captured Status

The Department of Defense announced today a change in the status of a
soldier serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom from duty status whereabouts
unknown (DUSTWUN) to missing-captured.

Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie, 41, of Ann Arbor, Mich., was declared missing-captured
on Dec. 11.

On Oct. 23, Altaie was categorized as DUSTWUN when he allegedly was
kidnapped while on his way to visit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldier is
assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad.

Efforts continue to obtain the successful and safe return of Altaie.

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Pro patria,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime." 

--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.