Iraq: Remains identified - 1 still missing

Posted Sat, 03/29/2008 - 06:50 by susie dow
Bumped. -- GH

Six civilian contractors, kidnapped at two different times, were held together in Iraq.

Paul Johnson Reuben kidnapped on November 16, 2006 Jonathon Cote kidnapped on November 16, 2006 Joshua Munns (also spelled Munz) kidnapped on November 16, 2006 John Roy Young kidnapped on November 16, 2006 Bert Nussbaumer kidnapped on November 16, 2006 (Austrian) Ronald Withrow kidnapped on January 5, 2007
Fingers of 5 of them were delivered to the US military in Iraq several weeks ago. Remains of 2, Ronald Withrow and John Roy Young, were found March 17. Several days later, the remains of 3 more contractors were found, of which 2 were identified as Paul Johnson-Reuben and Joshua Munns. Last night, the third was identified as Bert Nussbaumer of Austria. Remains ID'd in Iraq kidnapping By Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press
The FBI on Friday identified the remains of an Austrian contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq with four Americans. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko confirmed the victim was Bert Nussbaumer, who was working for Crescent Security Group when he and the others were abducted in November 2006.
The sixth contractor, Jonathon Cote, of Getzville, NY is still missing. Previous Posts: Iraq: Remains of Three Bodies Found - Update Paul Johnson-Reuben and Joshua Munns Iraq: Remains of 2 Contractors Discovered Ronald Withrow and John Roy Young Iraq: 5 Years - 5 Hostages - 5 Fingers Discovery of five fingers belonging to missing civilian contractors American hostages still missing in Iraq:
Foreign Hostages in Iraq Kirk von Ackermann missing since October 9, 2003 Timothy Bell missing since April 9, 2004 SSG Keith Maupin kidnapped on April 9, 2004 Aban Elias kidnapped on May 3, 2004 Radim Sadeq Mohammed Sadeq also known as "Dean Sadek", kidnapped on November 2, 2004 Jeffrey Ake kidnapped on April 11, 2005 Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie kidnapped on October 23, 2006 Jonathon Cote kidnapped on November 16, 2006 Pfc. Byron W. Fouty missing since May 12, 2007 Sgt. Alex Jimenez missing since May 12, 2007

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by susie dow - 03/31/2008 - 07:59
Remains of SSG Keith Maupin kidnapped on April 9, 2004 were found Sunday and positively identified. Ohio Soldier's Remains Found in Iraq By Terry Kinney, Washington Post, March 31, 2008
Four U.S. service members remain missing in Iraq: Capt. Michael Speicher, a Navy pilot, has been missing since the 1991 Persian Gulf War; Sgt. Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old Iraqi-born reserve soldier from Ann Arbor, Mich., was abducted while visiting his Iraqi wife in October 2006 in Baghdad, and Pfc. Byron W. Fouty and Sgt. Alex Jimenez have been missing since May 12.

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