I don't know. Maybe Scott Barnes tampered with the DoD website. :)
I did see an explanation that satisfied me about the lack of call for help. Apparently, the radios used on that mission were new Motorola radios and did not fit into their designated compartment correctly. The pilots were warned of this as they left, with caution that they would lose their radios in a crash. This is likely what happened.
Michael Speicher's wife won a settlement from Motorola over this issue.
Don Meyers, I do not trust Saddam or the Iraqi government. However, I cant quite grasp WHAT Saddam would gain by this. If he tries to lie and say that the pilot is alive(If he is in fact dead.), that wouldn't exactly engender a positive US response. More likely, it would fuel the public to demand an invasion of Iraq.
Thats just my opinion though, perhaps Saddam has lost what little sanity that he had.