AP: U.S. Servicewoman Missing in Kyrgyzstan

[Eugene]

U.S. Servicewoman Missing in Kyrgyzstan


Wednesday September 6, 2006 12:16 PM

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - A U.S. Air Force officer went missing while shopping
in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, the U.S. air base in this Central Asian nation
said Tuesday.

Maj. Jill Metzger separated from a group of other service members while visiting
the central department store in Bishkek on Monday afternoon and has not been seen
since, the Manas air base press service said.

It said a group of 22 U.S. military investigators and logistics officers were
searching for Metzger, along with the U.S. Embassy and Kyrgyz security and law
enforcement services.

The U.S. military has maintained the air base at the impoverished ex-Soviet republic's
main civilian Manas airport, about 20 miles from Bishkek, since 2001 to back operations
in nearby Afghanistan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6061465,00.html

[Bozita]

1. wondering what % of Americans have ever heard of Kyrgyzstan ...

... let alone that we have a military presence there.

[UpInArms]

2. here's a map for you

and the text on that page is pretty interesting also :eyes:

http://www.aztlan.net/judwatch.htm

[lebkuchen]

5. exellent map of the region

explains a lot, especially for those who are visual.

[Dhalgren]

3. I don't understand why this hasn't hit the 24/7 news coverage.

Maj. Metzger is young, blond and pretty, so why isn't the propoganamedia all over this? Is it because it will look like the US cannot even protect its own military officers in an ALLIED country? I hope that she turns up alive and well, but I fear that this is going to get very, very ugly...

[rodeodance]

4. Keep her safe (now is the time to think of the Geneva Convention)