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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2003
Page
6
In Baghdad a prison wall etched with MSS initials may hint at Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher’s fate, though U.S. officials cautioned the mark’s meaning is unclear while an informant claimed an American pilot was held there in the mid-1990s.
Engineers restarted Iraq oil output for domestic use only, pumping from four wells in the Rumeila fields near Basra led by U S Brig Gen Robert Crear. Fires from sabotaged wells are out but salvageable heads remain under assessment. Exports unclear as fields near Basra begin restoration toward prewar levels.
Federal officials said media and U S soldiers are being probed for taking art, artifacts, weapons, and cash from Iraq with one case charged. About 15 paintings, gold plated guns, ornamental knives, and bonds have been seized at airports in Washington Boston and London under Operation Iraqi Heritage.
U S forces captured four top members of Saddam Hussein’s regime including Muzahim al Tikriti the air defense chief and Zuhayr al Naqib the former military intelligence chief. Naqib said he harbored no apologies yet shared Saddam’s Pan Arabist aims.
U S military and intelligence officials monitor Iran for signs of seeking influence in postwar Iraq. Iran aims to gain information and contacts rather than direct threats, with Shiite groups and clerics noted as active liaisons in southern Iraq.
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