14 Years in Iraq?

According to a newly published Navy report, Captain Michael (Scott) Speicher - whose F/A-18 was shot down over Iraq on the first day of the first Gulf War in 1991 - may still be alive.  Further, the Navy believes Iraqi officials know where he is.

From Reuters' AlertNet:

"No credible evidence exists to suggest Captain (Michael Scott) Speicher is dead," a Navy board of inquiry headed by Rear Adm. Joseph Kilkenny said in a report released on Thursday.

Navy Secretary Gordon England concurred with the board's recommendation to continue Speicher's official status as "missing/captured," said Lt. Erin Bailey, a Navy spokeswoman.
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The Navy board concluded that "Speicher likely ejected from  the aircraft and may have been captured by Iraqi forces." The report said "given that the Iraqi government produced on demand items from the aircraft and the flight suit some years after the shootdown leads us to conclude that elements of the former Iraqi regime know the whereabouts of Captain Speicher."

Dr. Rusty at Jawa Report has more.  So does MJ at Impossible Scissors.