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Herald Sun: Army attacks Iraq wedding [02nov03]: "HOME-LEAVE TROOPS FLEE

MORE than 30 US soldiers are missing after being given a two-week break from combat in Iraq.

The troops were among 1300 in the first large-scale home-leave program since the Vietnam War.

Some are thought to have genuine reasons for not catching flights back to Iraq from the US.

Military officials would not say how many were missing, but one, a National Guardsman from Florida, said he would do all he could to avoid returning.

'I definitely don't want to go back there,' he told CBS News. 'I think most people - if not all people who are there - don't want to be there.'
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