- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that some U.S. soldiers could
have been captured in the fighting in Iraq.
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- U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said no more than 10 soldiers were unaccounted for
in southern Iraq.
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- In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press,"
Rumsfeld he had heard that an allied aircraft was missing, but he had no
information about claims by Iraq that two Western pilots had been forced
to abandon their aircraft over Baghdad.
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- Asked whether any Western planes are missing, he said
"There has been a report of an aircraft that's missing."
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- Rumsfeld did not clarify if he was referring to a U.S.
or British plane.
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- British officials confirmed on Sunday that one of their
Tornado strike aircraft was downed by a U.S. missile near the Kuwait border
and that the two-man crew was missing.
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- Asked if he believed there were any American prisoners
of war, Rumsfeld said: "There could be."
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- Baghdad has said it is holding U.S. soldiers prisoner
and officials have said they would be shown on Iraqi television.
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- On the "Fox News Sunday" program, Myers said
Central Command was searching for the missing American soldiers.
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- "They are trying to account for the soldiers that
are reported missing and beyond that we don't know," Myers said.
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- Asked how many soldiers were missing, and from where,
he added, "Less than 10 we think."
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- "Somewhere in southern Iraq," Myers said.
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