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US Navy pilot found Missing since 1991

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Topic: US Navy pilot found Missing since 1991
Posted By: Cookie Monster
Subject: US Navy pilot found Missing since 1991
Date Posted: August 02 2009 at 6:16pm

WASHINGTON - Navy pilot Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there Bedouins apparently buried him, hidden in the sand from the world's mightiest military all these years.

In a resolution to the nearly two-decade-old question about his fate, the Pentagon disclosed Sunday it had received new information last month from an Iraqi citizen that led Marines to recover bones and skeletal fragments — enough for a positive identification.

His family issued a statement Sunday saying, "The news that Captain Speicher has died on Iraqi soil after ejecting from his aircraft has been difficult for the family, but his actions in combat, and the search for him, will forever remain in their hearts and minds."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32257391/ns/us_news-military/?GT1=43001 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32257391/ns/us_news-military/?GT1=43001



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