The Washington Times newspaper on Monday said U.S. intelligence agencies had obtained new information indicating that Speicher was alive and in captivity in Iraq.
... Speicher became the first American lost on the first day of the air war when his Navy F-18 attack jet was apparently hit and crashed in a fireball over Iraq on Jan. 17, 1991. Although no wreckage was initially found, defense officials said Pentagon documents showed U.S. spy satellites more than three years later detected what was described as a man-made symbol at the crash scene. They declined to give details. [A several meter middle finger flipping off the satellites, perhaps?] -- Trade with all, make treaties with none, and beware of foreign entanglements. -George Washington
