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| Body of missing US soldier found in Afghanistan |
| 2009-11-11 |
| MILITARY divers have found the body of a US soldier who went missing in Afghanistan last week, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. The body was found on Tuesday. Afghan and international forces are still searching for another soldier who went missing at the same time, an ISAF statement said. The paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, disappeared on November 4 while trying to recover air-dropped supplies from a river. Brigadier General Eric Tremblay, an ISAF spokesman, told reporters the second soldier was believed to have drowned and the force was hopeful of recovering his body too. Seven Afghan soldiers and police were killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike during a search for the missing paratroops. ISAF said its personnel and Afghan forces had been "engaged by enemy forces'', meaning the Taliban, during the search, and that 25 troops were killed or wounded during a battle lasting several hours. Five of the wounded were Americans, it said. The alliance force said it was ``investigating whether some of the casualties were caused by ISAF close air support.'' If proven, Friday's incident will have been one of the deadliest of its kind. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Rest in peace. 82nd Abn ALL AMERICAN |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-11 13:48 |