1 posted on
03/10/2002 10:10:30 PM PST by
kattracks
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One U.S. official said the new agent offered to identify the exact location in Baghdad where the American is being held and also offered to obtain a photograph of the prisoner.Bring him home.
2 posted on
03/10/2002 10:16:02 PM PST by
d4now
To: kattracks
I have read reports of an underground prison near the Palace at Salman (?) Park. There could be anything in there.
3 posted on
03/10/2002 10:18:59 PM PST by
gcruse
To: kattracks
Well the bad thing is, now that this is widely reported, Saddam will probably kill him to make all evidence of him disappear. God knows what they've been doing to him all this time to get information from him. Truly sad.
4 posted on
03/10/2002 10:24:01 PM PST by
DB
To: kattracks
There's our excuse, as if their refusal to allow weapons inspectors wasn't already enough. Bye bye Saddam!
6 posted on
03/10/2002 10:30:41 PM PST by
Timesink
To: Byron_the_Aussie
Add this as another reason to remove Saddam.
Permanently.
9 posted on
03/10/2002 10:33:59 PM PST by
DB
To: kattracks
Can you imagine the misery this poor human soul must be going through. How many times has he asked, where are my countrymen? My heart breaks for him.
10 posted on
03/10/2002 10:40:01 PM PST by
blam
To: kattracks
Hmmmm....I don't know...the timing of this story seems a bit off. Disinformation has been circulating the 'net lately encased in "official" sounding reports. Well, I pray that our pilot is alive and we can get him out. Now that would be good news!
13 posted on
03/10/2002 10:55:59 PM PST by
Cindy
To: kattracks; rdavis84; Travis McGee
Forgive me if I don't believe we "just" found him. Either our eyes in the sky and our listening capabilities are all they're cracked up to be, or they're not.
As angry as I am at the government, I'm elated we may be getting him out. Ten years in the hands of those b@st@rds...
To: kattracks
Good Lord, I hope this is all false.
To: kattracks
The problem with stories such as this one is this: if he actually
is alive, his chances of staying that way are now in question.
If the Iraqis have actually seen fit to keep this man alive secretly for over a decade without making it public -- indeed, according to the article, secrecy is extreme -- then they have some reason for doing so. Secret negotiations with the U.S. for his release in exchange for concessions, perhaps?
If the "secret" is out, then they may feel compelled to make this guy disappear quietly and fast, since he would no longer have value as a bargaining chip once his existence became public. What little international support Iraq has now would erode if they were viewed as holding hostages. They're still stinging from the "human shield" fiasco, which bought them no protection and cost them dearly in the court of world opinion. They also know enough about U.S. public opinion to know an incident like this would be writing a blank check for the President; he could carpet-bomb Baghdad if he wanted to. He almost has that already.
POW or KIA, this brave man's chances of coming home, alive or dead, were always low. Now they may well have just gotten lower.
Imal
23 posted on
03/11/2002 12:31:11 AM PST by
Imal
To: kattracks
Can anyone shed light on why they would release the other POW's and not him?
To: kattracks
Hummmmmmmm Seems we would have heard from Saddam to use use the pilot as a hostage or bargaining chip. I would be skeptical, yet, if there is a ray of hope, then it should be an avenue. I don't think he's alive however, just gut feelings.
To: kattracks
This is a leak from Saddam with a purpose.
To: kattracks
A real embarrasment to Bush41 and his legacy, Bush43. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Clinton Administration had this information years ago and decided to keep it secret.
37 posted on
03/11/2002 3:10:36 AM PST by
bimbo
To: kattracks
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. I thought that it was Sgt. William Schumann?!
38 posted on
03/11/2002 3:23:12 AM PST by
A. Pole
To: kattracks
bump for later.
To: kattracks
This story was issued today, the very day Cheney goes begins his tour to whip up allied support for attacking Iraq. It of course has the desired impact as Americans won't tolerate this treatment from Iraq. ... The only question I have is why wasn't something done about this in the last 10 years? This is after all the third presidential administration to be know of his captivity?
44 posted on
03/11/2002 4:03:33 AM PST by
Ranger
To: kattracks
- Attack Iraq very soon.
- Utterly destroy any Iraqi resistance.
To: Poohbah; JohnHuang2
Get Delta Force ready. Time to bring our pilot home.
47 posted on
03/11/2002 4:45:11 AM PST by
hchutch
To: kattracks
Incoming.....
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