Taliban video shows captive soldier

[Contrary1]

Pssst, Hey President Obama...how about bringing all of our troops home?

‘I’m scared,’ American missing in Afghanistan tells his captors

"WASHINGTON - The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban.

Two U.S. defense officials confirmed to The Associated Press that the man in the video is the captured soldier. The video provides the first glimpse the public has had of the missing soldier.

The soldier is shown in the 28-minute video with his head shaved and the start of a beard. He is sitting and dressed in a nondescript, gray outfit. Early in the video one of his captors holds the soldier's dog tag up to the camera. His name and ID number are clearly visible. He is shown eating at one point and sitting cross-legged.

The soldier, whose identity has not yet been released by the Pentagon pending notification of members of Congress and the soldier's family, says his name, age and hometown on the video, which was released Saturday on a Web site pointed out by the Taliban..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31984260/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R. Am just seeing this again on CNN... Heartbreaking, and has received little coverage.

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