Maupin's remains found in Iraq

[NYVet]

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS01/303300031/-1/CINCI




Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin's mother took a call from President Bush tonight extending his condolences after the Army identified the missing soldier's remains in Iraq.

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Maupin's parents were notified earlier Sunday when a three-star general visited them and gave them the news, they said.

"Matt is coming home. He's completed his mission," his father, Keith Maupin, said.

Maupin was a 20-year-old specialist when he was captured on April 9, 2004, after his fuel convoy was ambushed west of Baghdad. He had been driving a supply truck.

Arab television network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape a week later showing Maupin sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles.

That June, Al-Jazeera aired another tape purporting to show a U.S. soldier being shot. But the dark and grainy tape showed only the back of the victim's head and not the actual shooting.

The Glen Este High School graduate was the only U.S. military member still listed as missing-captured in Iraq.

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Maupin thanked the thousands of people who supported the family during their four-year ordeal and wore yellow ribbons or displayed them on their homes, cars and businesses, hoping someday for Matt's return.





NY Vet- Shot in the back of the head while a prisoner. Good to see that Geneva Convention thing is working for our people when they are captured.

[Catch22Dem]

1. Tragic, but...

At least his parents no longer have to deal with his status being unknown. I wish the outcome were different, but I didn't hold out much hope. NY Vet, you're right. Sadly, however, we're not exactly playing by the rules either.

[NYVet]

2. One difference between us and them.

We don't shoot our captives in the back of the head, cut off fingers, or beat them to death.



We follow the rules for treatment of prinsoners and when the rules are violated, the person (or persons) responsible is (are) punished.