U.S. Finds No Evidence of Gulf War Pilot in Iraq

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U.S. Finds No Evidence of Gulf War Pilot in Iraq

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By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A team searching for a U.S. pilot shot down over Iraq (news - web sites) during the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) has found no evidence he was ever held captive after his jet went down, and a general who once oversaw the search effort has concluded he is dead, U.S. officials said on Monday.

But the Navy has not changed the official status of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher as "missing/captured," a designation reflecting the belief Iraqi forces may have taken him alive after his F/A-18C Hornet went down on Jan. 17, 1991, said Lt. Mike Kafka, a Navy spokesman.

The Iraq Survey Group, which is hunting for evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction but also seeking to determine Speicher's fate, has found "no evidence that he was ever held captive, which means ever being alive after the shoot-down," said a defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Another U.S. official, who also asked not to be named, said there was "no indication" the Navy pilot survived after the Hornet went down. Speicher, from Jacksonville, Florida, was 33 when he disappeared.

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[thebigidea]

1. Remember FOX trotting out this bullshit story every day to sell their war?

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2. Whistleass mentioned him in the UN Iraq speech too

More bs quietly disproved.

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3. Just another dead body Stupidhead stood on

Trying to raise himself up, George W. Bush stood on the graves of 3,000 dead on September 15. Trying to avoid getting shot at himself, he stood on the graves of 58,000 dead in Vietnam. Who went to Vietnam because Lil George was too important to take a chance? And in his grab for Iraq's oil, Lil George stood firmly on the body of Michael Scott Speicher, pretending he was defending him.

Lil George likes to stand on dead bodies to make himself look taller. He's a tiny, tiny man.

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4. Wow, I'd almost forgotten that lie.

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5. What a surprise.