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11/29/06Texas Tech Graduate and F-16 Pilot Crashes In Iraq We know the name of the Texas Tech graduate and F-16 Pilot that crashed in Iraq. 34-year-old Major Troy Gilbert was flying near Falluja when his plane went down about 4:30 in the morning, Texas time, on Monday.Military Officials say Major Gilbert was firing on targets at a low altitude. Major Gilbert was flying a jet based out of Cannon Air Force base in New Mexico, which is about 100 miles from Lubbock.DNA samples were taken from the scene and are being tested. Right now, Gilbert's duty status is listed...

U.S. Forces Interrogating Iraqis About Pilot Missing Since 1991 Jun 24, 2003 The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. forces interrogating some Iraqi prisoners are seeking details about the case of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher, missing since his fighter jet was shot down on the opening night of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday. Rumsfeld would not say whether there were any new clues to the fate of Speicher, the only American serviceman still listed as missing from the Gulf War. "There is nothing that has been turned up thus far that I...

The Bush administration has turned down Iraq's offer to receive U.S. investigators to look into the fate of a missing Gulf War pilot. Instead, the United States will send Baghdad a diplomatic note asking whether Iraq intends to provide new information about the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Scott Speicher. He has been missing since his Navy F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Iraq on January 17, 1991, the first night of the Gulf war. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld agreed with Secretary of State Colin Powell on the U.S. course of action. Mr. Rumsfeld said a diplomatic note sent through the International...

An author and former intelligence officer breaks the incredible true story of the first American pilot shot down during the Gulf War—found alive eleven years after his own government left him for dead. Around midnight on January 16, 1991, Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher launches from the deck of the USS Saratoga in the Red Sea, joining a fleet of forty F/A-18 Hornets set to deliver the first air strike of the Gulf War. It is a mission he wasn’t initially scheduled to fly—and from which he would never return. Moments after an assault by an Iraqi MiG, Speicher’s plane...

WASHINGTON - A new book about Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher, the former Kansas Citian and naval pilot reported killed in the early hours of the Persian Gulf War, contends that he is alive and being held prisoner in Iraq. And U.S. officials have known it, according to the book's author, Amy Waters Yarsinske, a former naval intelligence officer who spent eight years researching the Speicher story. She also alleges that Speicher was brought down not by an Iraqi MiG-25 or a surface-to-air missile, but by friendly fire. She said that fear of embarrassment spawned a series of denials and...

To: Government of the United States of America WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA. THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials. FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and...

To: Government of the United States of America WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA. THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials. FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and...

To: Government of the United States of America WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA. THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials. FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and...

From: Nikki Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:03 PM Subject: Good news and bad news!! Hi everyone!! This is Nikki! Sorry that it took me so long to get this out to you, but we just got a new computer and we're still trying to figure everything out and set everything up! We lost our email twice on the old one, and we trying to recover them all, hang in there with me!! I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be on POW/MIA Freedom Radio tomorrow night (Sunday) at 7:00 p.m. (that's my time here in Pittsburgh)...

To: Government of the United States of America WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA. THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials. FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and...

The Title of this Thread should of been: For the Return of Commander Michael Scott Speicher, Day 7 Anyway its true. Details are here. You can also read about the petition To Muslims Worldwide, In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful to Internationally recognise the Halal Trademark that guarantees a product which complies with the Islamic Sacred Law (the Shariah)and that they have 135,114 signatures. Thats one hundred thirty five thousand one hundred and fourteen. You can also read how important Zim the Invader is to the viewing audience. Unbelievable. Anyway the original Post is here Yesterday's Post.

Please stop by here for a moment and then... Go here to read the article At the time of this posting there were 1,297 signatures... Lets see how that compares with some of the other petitions on the same web site: To Muslims Worldwide, In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful a Petition to Internationally recognise the Halal Trademark that guarantees a product which complies with the Islamic Sacred Law (the Shariah)- 133,981 signatures. To Mrs. Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for an International Investigation Committee on Ariel Sharon’s crimes against humanity –295,835 signatures. To...

To: Government of the United States of America WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA. THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials. FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and...