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Originally Posted by Eric5273
When the marines detained several Iranian diplomats (not soldiers) who were in Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government a few months back, the media used the term "captured".
When Hezbollah captured and Israeli soldier last year, they called him "kidnapped". (yes, he was a soldier).
There seems to be no consistancy in the terms, other than the "bad guys" kidnap hostages, while the "good guys" capture prisoners.
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That may well indeed be the case in this example. Problem is you showed your true colors when you used the Red Cross incident in your original example.