U.S. Says Missing Soldier Married Iraqi

The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that a kidnapped soldier was an Iraqi-American man who was married to an Iraqi woman.

Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell identified him as Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, a 41-year-old reserve soldier.

The military spokesman said there was "an ongoing dialogue" in a bid to win the soldier's release, but he would not say with whom or at what level.

Al-Taayie was visiting his Iraqi wife when he was handcuffed and taken away by gunmen during a visit to the woman's family, Caldwell said.