Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher was shot down over central-western Iraq in Jan., 1991.
That fact "leads us to conclude that elements of the former Iraqi regime know the whereabouts of Captain Speicher," the report said.
Posted on 09/08/2005 9:21:43 AM PDT by Calpernia
That fact "leads us to conclude that elements of the former Iraqi regime know the whereabouts of Captain Speicher," the report said.
That fact "leads us to conclude that elements of the former Iraqi regime know the whereabouts of Captain Speicher," the report said.
God Bless Scott Speicher and his family.
And I've got a pair of pliers that are dying to find out where he is.
More prayers for Scott Speicher.
This story has interested me for years. The thought that this guy might be alive and being held is frightening. However, I keep asking one question:
What would be the end game of those holding him?
Clearly, if he was being held, he had some value at that time. He has never been used as a chip -- and I fear that while he may well have been cptured alive, he has probably long ago ben murdered or died.
Wow. This would be an amazing story. Prayers he's still alive and we find him.
He's either in Syria or in Russia.
Just a hunch.
What is the consensus on his fate?
Is there any chance that he is still alive?
God Bless him and his family. Praying for a miracle so we can bring him home.
Thanks for the ping!
They just took him the route they took the downed Nam fliers. Russia.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1209454/posts?page=191#191
Search continues for last MIA from '91 Iraq war BY ROGER ROY The Orlando Sentinel
(KRT) - Investigators have yet to prove that missing Gulf War pilot Capt. Scott Speicher was ever held in the Iraqi prison cell where his initials were found etched in the wall, the head of the Pentagon's search for missing Americans said Wednesday.
Speaking to members of the American Veterans convention meeting in Orlando, Jerry D. Jennings, deputy assistant secretary of defense, vowed to continue the search for Speicher, the only American still missing from the 1991 war with Iraq.
The hunt for Speicher remains a top priority for American forces in Iraq, where a $1-million reward is being offered for information about the missing pilot and special teams of U.S. investigators are following every lead, said Jennings. "We will not cease these efforts until we ?have recovered him alive or have his remains," Jennings said. A Navy pilot based in Jacksonville, Speicher, then 33, was flying an F/A-18 Hornet on a bombing run the first night of the 1991 Gulf War when he was shot down over Iraq. He was declared killed in action, but his body was never recovered. He left behind two children and a wife, who has since remarried.
In the years after the war, military officials gathered information suggesting Speicher likely survived ejection from his jet and may have been captured.
In 2001, Speicher's official status was changed to missing in action, and last year to missing/captured.
The search took on new momentum after an Iraqi defector claimed to have seen Speicher alive in Iraq as late as 1998. And in April, at the close of the war with Iraq, investigators found the initials MSS etched in the wall of Hakmiyah prison in Baghdad. Speicher's full name is Michael Scott Speicher. But military officials now question the reliability of the defector's account. Investigators were searching for any source of DNA in the prison, which could be compared with samples from Speicher to prove he was there.
Jennings would not say whether DNA was found in the prison cell. But he said there was still no proof putting Speicher in the cell.
There were several sets of other initials carved into the cell walls. And within the "MSS" initials was another letter not part of Speicher's initials, leading some investigators to question the tie to Speicher.
So far, Jennings said, "There's no evidence that he was ever held in that room."
Because the Iraqis denied capturing him, Speicher may have been held outside the normal channels, Jennings said.
"There's just no end of places he could be held," he said. "As long as there's territory that hasn't been investigated, we've got leads to pursue."
--- ©© 2003, The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.).
He was used as a chip. See post 13
Only info released is there is no proof of his death and there was recent intel that some Iraqi's might know his more.
Syria is my guess.
They don't mention him in the past tense...he's alive... IMHO.
They could be referring to his body or his remains.
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