A Shiite extremist group handed over a simple wooden casket containing the remains of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq, a prominent Iraqi lawmaker said Monday, drawing a close to a case that has anguished the American's family since his 2006 disappearance.
He was captured and then killed--within a year of his capture--by the Iran-supported Shia death squads in Iraq. He chose to try to make a difference in Iraq when it would have been easy for him to keep his hands off. He was taken at the height of violence. He did not live long enough to see Iraq given a chance for real peace.
May he rest in peace.
When people here speak of how attacking Iran's nuclear facilities could "start" a war with America, keep in mind that Iran has been at war with us for more than three decades now. And remember that Taie is one of hundreds of American military personnel dead because of Iranian-supplied weapons.
