Still no resolution in the case of Navy Capt. Scott Speicher, missing since 1991 in Iraq.
Government investigators reached Navy Capt. Scott Speicher's F-18 crash site in Iraq earlier this month, but found no evidence that would solve the mystery of whether the pilot is dead or alive.Posted by Alan at September 28, 2003 05:18 PMThe next step, according to a U.S. official, is to interview people in the town of Hit, a Sunni Muslim and Saddam Hussein stronghold southwest of Baghdad. There are unconfirmed reports that a shot-down allied pilot was taken there during Operation Desert Storm before being transferred to Baghdad.
Iraqi gunners shot down Capt. Speicher's jet on the war's first day in January 1991.
via the Washington Times [link probably not stable]