A honeymoon picture of Taei and his Iraqi wife in Egypt.  A US Army translator missing after being kidnapped in Iraq had broken military rules to marry an Iraqi woman and was visiting her when he was abducted, according to people who claim to be relatives of the wife. According to a report in Monday's editions of The New York Times, the relatives said that the soldier is Ahmed Qusai al-Taei, a 41-year-old Iraqi-American. The family did not know he was a soldier until after the kidnapping, the relatives said. Taei married a 26-year-old college student, Israa Abdul-Satar, three months ago, the family said. They showed visitors photographs of the couple's wedding and honeymoon, the newspaper reported. The relatives said members of the Shi'ite Mahdi Army militia came to the wife's home on October 23 and dragged Taei into their car. "They were saying, 'He's an American journalist," said a woman who claimed she was the soldier's mother-in-law and asked that she be identified only by her nickname, Um Omar, because of fear of reprisals. "We were saying, 'No, he's an Iraqi." Ahmed Abdul-Satar, who said he was the soldier's brother-in-law, recounted a frantic scene from the kidnapping, with the women of the family screaming and begging the gunmen not to take Taei. The military's fraternization policies prohibit active duty personnel from marrying local civilians, military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Josslyn Aberle told the newspaper. 點擊查看更多雙語新聞 (China Daily)

在伊拉克遭綁架后失蹤的一名美軍翻譯官曾經違反軍紀，與當地一名伊拉克女子秘密結婚，而他正是在拜訪這名女子家時突遭綁架的。自稱是這名女子親戚的人向媒體披露了這個消息。 據《紐約時報》周一消息，這位伊拉克女子的親戚說，這名美軍士兵名叫艾哈邁德·庫賽· 泰伊，現年41歲，是美籍伊拉克裔人。在綁架事件發生之前，家里人一直不知道他是個駐伊美軍士兵。 據介紹，三個月前，泰伊與當地26歲的大學生伊薩拉·阿卜杜勒·薩塔爾結婚。報道中說，這位女子的家人還向外界展示了兩人婚禮及度蜜月時的照片。 這名女子的家人說，10月23日，一伙什葉派武裝分子闖入伊薩拉家，硬把泰伊拖進了車里。 一位自稱是泰伊岳母的婦女說："當時，那些武裝分子喊道，'他是個美國記者'，家里人毫不知情，回應說，'你們搞錯了，他是個伊拉克人'。"由于這名婦女擔心武裝分子報復，所以只向外界透露她的小名叫烏爾·奧瑪。 自稱為泰伊小舅子的艾哈邁德·阿卜杜爾-薩塔向媒體講述了綁架時的瘋狂一幕。他說，當時家里的很多女子都在尖叫，懇求武裝分子不要將泰伊帶走。 美國軍方女發言人約瑟琳·阿伯麗上校接受《紐約時報》的采訪時說，根據美國軍方有關規定，在國外服役的現役軍人不可與當地人通婚。 （英語點津姍姍編輯）