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<p>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered.</p> <p>The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information, says the family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove — a 25-year-old from the Seattle area — has been notified of his death.</p>

By Robert Burns ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:42 a.m. September 8, 2005 Associated Press U.S. Navy pilot Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher, above, was shot down over Iraq in January 1991. A Navy report concludes members of the former Iraqi government "know the whereabouts" of the officer. WASHINGTON – A Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in January 1991 may have been captured by Iraqi forces, and members of the former Iraqi government "know the whereabouts" of the officer, the Navy has concluded. A Navy board of inquiry concluded that there is no credible evidence that Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher is dead, and...

I have no doubt that there may be a pilot alive in a secret cell in Baghdad.An unnamed spokesman says that the preferred method to solve the matter is through legal negoiations.Would he be referring to the same negoiations that helped to facilitate farcical weapons inspections in the years since the Gulf War? Probably.The United States needs to treat this issue seriously.Admittedly it will be difficult to pin Saddam to the wall of the life of a single US pilot lost ten years ago.If there is a pilot held in captivity by the Iraqi government, it is my hope that...