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Pilot's family getting closure on 18-year ordeal
WASHINGTON - A spokeswoman for the family of Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher (SPYK'-uhr) says it will continue seeking on its own to learn how he died, now that his remains have been found.
Nations:U.S. Iraq Kuwait People:Dick Cheney Barack Obama Activities:1991 Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-08-03
Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
WASHINGTON - The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, a sorrowful resolution of a nearly two-decade old question about the fate of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher.
Nations:Iraq U.S. People:Dick Cheney Activities:1991 Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-08-02
'Mother of All Bombs' Designer Dies at 67
MIAMI - Albert L. Weimorts Jr., a civilian engineer for the Air Force whose designs included a satellite-guided weapon known as the ``mother of all bombs,'' has died, his son said. He was 67.
Activities:1991 Gulf War
2005-12-26
Navy sees no proof US pilot missing in Iraq is dead
WASHINGTON - After a fresh review, the U.S. Navy declined to reclassify as dead a pilot shot down over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and said people associated with Saddam Hussein's former government know where he is.
Activities:1991 Gulf War
2005-09-09
UN, Kuwait seek prisoners taken by Iraq in 1990
UNITED NATIONS - Two years after Saddam Hussein's government fell, the fate of more than 200 Kuwaitis and others taken by Baghdad's troops in 1990 remains unknown, said a report reviewed by the Security Council on Tuesday.
Activities:1991 Gulf War
2005-04-20
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