Bill Nelson: “There are two POWs from Florida. Those whom we suspect are POWs are the ones who were interviewed on Al-Jazeera…”

“There are two POWs from Florida. Those whom we suspect are POWs are the ones who were interviewed on Al-Jazeera television, who were captured at about the time that PFC Jessica Lynch was captured. Of course, that was such a wonderfully successful mission of finding and retrieving her. The entire world has rejoiced at her return. From my State, one of the unaccounted whom we think is a POW is Private Williams from Orlando, FL. Naturally, I will lend my support to this resolution which is most important not only to express our concern, but to express and demand that these prisoners of war be treated according to the Geneva Convention, which means that under the rules of war we treat prisoners of war humanely. The conviction that arises in my voice comes from another POW in Iraq of 12 years from Jacksonville, FL, CAPT Scott Speicher. Our Defense Department made a mistake and initially declared him dead.”