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Soldier Who Guarded Guantanamo Bay Detainees Vanishes
Friday, September 27, 2002
(10:01 AM ET)
The Associated Press

Angela Foraker, 24, said the Army told her he might have disappeared after going swimming in the ocean. But she doubts that would have happened. "He was afraid of heights. He didn't like the ocean waves. He wouldn't have gone swimming alone," she told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- AP
A soldier who guarded suspected terrorists at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has disappeared, U.S. military officials said Thursday.

Also Thursday, U.S. military officials announced that Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller will assume control of the detention mission next month.

Miller, currently stationed in Seoul, South Korea, will replace Gen. Rick Baccus, who was the second general in the post since detainees began arriving at the base in January.

Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Foraker, 31, of Logan, Ohio, was last seen on Tuesday at about 1:30 a.m. leaving his quarters at Camp America, near the Camp Delta prison where 598 detainees are held, Lt. Col. Bill Costello said.
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