Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found

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Weatherman

August 02, 2009, 08:28:35 AM
QuoteWASHINGTON – The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.

The Pentagon said the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on Saturday had positively identified the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gulf_war_missing_pilot

Razgovory

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August 02, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
So was he alive or dead?
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Strix

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August 02, 2009, 11:33:18 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 02, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
So was he alive or dead?

They said they found his remains in the desert and not his parent's basement.
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Jaron

#3
August 02, 2009, 12:16:30 PM
Ground control to Major Tom!
Winner of THE grumbler point.

C.C.R.

#4
August 02, 2009, 07:01:27 PM
In related news, the first American pilot shot down over Germany was never found...

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...because he landed in a German dessert...

Get it?  Because of the latent German disposition towards canibalism?  Oh, COME ON!!!  This is the "A" material!  Don't make me use the "B" material, people...

HisMajestyBOB

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August 02, 2009, 07:12:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 02, 2009, 07:06:11 PM
:weep:

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garbon

#7
August 02, 2009, 10:00:48 PM
Quote from: Jaron on August 02, 2009, 12:16:30 PM
Ground control to Major Tom!

Came back to earth, is a junkie.
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Siege

#8
August 03, 2009, 01:12:20 AM
You guys should be ashamed of making fun of this.



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KRonn

#9
August 03, 2009, 07:42:53 AM
At least his family has had verification on him, and now have his remains for a burial.   :(

Mr.Penguin

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August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
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HisMajestyBOB

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August 03, 2009, 08:09:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...

Yeah. The Post had a whole article about this.
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Caliga

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August 03, 2009, 08:37:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
:huh:

Why did his wife remarry if they were certain he was still alive?
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Warspite

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August 03, 2009, 08:41:19 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 03, 2009, 08:37:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
:huh:

Why did his wife remarry if they were certain he was still alive?

She had needs.
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Gambrinus

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August 03, 2009, 03:06:17 PM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
At least they got the first part right.
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