Search For Missing Soldiers ContinuesWednesday, May 16, 2007
Efforts also continue to make a positive identification of one of the deceased soldiers, whose duty status is for now listed along with the three missing soldiers as whereabouts unknown, the two-star general said.
Caldwell said he couldn't guarantee that the ongoing search for the missing soldiers would end in the most positive manner. "I cannot promise you the result that we're all praying for," the general said. "But, I can promise you that we and our Iraqi counterparts are doing absolutely everything we can to find our soldiers."
Local Iraqis have provided more than 140 tips and reports regarding the missing soldiers, Caldwell said, noting 37 specific operations related to the search have been conducted from that information.
The search area is divided into 35 zones, Caldwell said, noting operations have been conducted in 32 of those zones. More than 600 people have been questioned, he said, while 11 or so have been detained for further questioning.
One U.S. soldier has been wounded during the search operations, Caldwell said.
"Those operations are still ongoing," Caldwell said. He added that thousands of U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces are involved in the effort and that some previously searched areas have been or are being reexamined.
(Info in part from an original news article by DoD’s American Forces Press Service that was written by Gerry J. Gilmore)
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