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BAGHDAD (AP) — The American military announced Sunday that it had recovered the remains of the last American service member who had been unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after he sneaked off his base to visit his Iraqi wife in Baghdad during the height of the insurgency.
The remains of the soldier, Staff Sgt. Ahmed Al-Taie, who was a 41-year-old specialist when militiamen seized him on Oct. 23, 2006, were positively identified at the military’s mortuary in Dover, Del., the Army said in a statement released Sunday. Army officials said they had no further details about the circumstances of his death or the discovery of his remains.
The American Embassy in Baghdad did not respond to a request for comment late Sunday.
Family members say that like many Iraqi exiles, Sergeant Al-Taie was eager to help his native land rebuild after the American-led invasion in 2003. The family had settled in Ann Arbor, Mich., after leaving Iraq when Ahmed was a teenager.
nytimes.com/2012/02/27/world/middleeast/american-soldiers-remains-are-recovered-from-iraq.html?_r=1
The remains of the soldier, Staff Sgt. Ahmed Al-Taie, who was a 41-year-old specialist when militiamen seized him on Oct. 23, 2006, were positively identified at the military’s mortuary in Dover, Del., the Army said in a statement released Sunday. Army officials said they had no further details about the circumstances of his death or the discovery of his remains.
The American Embassy in Baghdad did not respond to a request for comment late Sunday.
Family members say that like many Iraqi exiles, Sergeant Al-Taie was eager to help his native land rebuild after the American-led invasion in 2003. The family had settled in Ann Arbor, Mich., after leaving Iraq when Ahmed was a teenager.
nytimes.com/2012/02/27/world/middleeast/american-soldiers-remains-are-recovered-from-iraq.html?_r=1