sourceBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Thursday identified the American soldier kidnapped in Baghdad as 41-year-old Ahmed Qusai al-Taai.
Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the soldier left the Green Zone on October 23 to visit his Iraqi wife, and then was handcuffed and taken away by gunmen. Al-Taai is an Iraqi-American translator.
Caldwell said along with significant military activity, there is a "tremendous amount of political activity" and "ongoing dialogue" to find al-Taai.
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