Posted on 03/10/2002 10:10:30 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:37:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained new information indicating Iraq is holding captive a U.S. Navy pilot shot down during the Persian Gulf war, The Washington Times has learned.
British intelligence provided the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with the new information several months ago, and intelligence officials said it could assist in the ongoing investigation into the fate of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I didn't realize that. I knew about Speicher because I'd read stories about him posted here a few times (and probably other places on the net) over the last couple of years and I knew they'd found evidence suggesting he was alive.
There are a frightening number of people for whom "Pedicaris alive, or el Raszouli dead" translates to unspeakable horror, while "we shall see peace in our time" epitomizes all that's wholesome and admirable.
It's enough to gag a maggot.
This man is not the first nor will he be the last militay person that is written off with the stroke of a pen. To the military/government mindset, it tends to keep the books clear and the government unencumbered. Once the pen writes the man off, it is nearly impossible to move the military to right a wrong.
Since WW2 our history is replete with men whose lives were answered for with the action of a pen.
which is useless once this was published.
You got that right. "Um excuse me Saddam we are looking for our pilot and we believe you are holding him.....right here".
LET'S ROLL!
I think that they should consider the possibility that this is a lie intended to draw our army to a specific place for an ambush and the chance to take captives for real. Of course it could also be a ruse by the government to build support for an attack on them.
Has anyone found a cure for paranoia yet? (One that WANS'T discovered at a government lab of course :) )
Mine too...
Our leaders must liberate this man, NOW. If they turn him over, fine, that's the beginning. However, Will this be brought to the attention of the media? Will the media tell the true story that for 11 years this man has been rotting in an Iraqi Jail, when the Clinton Administration knew about it, and did absolutely nothing? No. Nothing will come of this. We'll just be lucky to get our man back. Bill Clinton will NEVER be held accountable for ANYTHING he did during the 8 years, and most certainly won't be taken to task for the things he DIDN'T do while he was enjoying cigars and women in the white house.
I believe we should Start Nuking the entire middle east. All of those countries who have pledged Death To America, simply wipe them all out. Every single person in that region. No more wars, no more threats or rumors of war will come from that region. It will be washed clean by the blood of subhuman people, and their maniacal dictators.
According to post #33, this is the *second* administration to know. It appears that the current administration is inclined to do something about it, unlike the scofflaw who got to sit in the big office for the preceding two terms. Countdown now starting in anticipation of Clinton's Denial-Fest.
It seems the man's fate, if he were still alive, has been sealed by the publication of this intelligence. Saddam will certainly remove any trace of the man after this has been reported.
A more cynical view is that the story was leaked for building domestic support for a war on Iraq. Either way his fate is sealed.
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