Don't believe everything you see on T.V epsc. if its American T.V What a surprise....... What I said at the time has been confirmed. The brave and daring US special forces raid on the Iraqi town was nothing more than a film script made to fool this stupid American public into feeling patriotic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BBC NEWS Thursday, 15 May, 2003, 08:50 GMT 09:50 UK Saving Private Lynch story 'flawed' Private Lynch has lost her memory of her rescue By John Kampfner Read your comments here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Jessica Lynch became an icon of the war, and the story of her capture by the Iraqis and her rescue by US special forces became one of the great patriotic moments of the conflict. But her story is one of the most stunning pieces of news management ever conceived. There was no [sign of] shooting, no bullet inside her body, no stab wound Dr Harith a-Houssona Private Lynch, a 19-year-old army clerk from Palestine, West Virginia, was captured when her company took a wrong turning just outside Nasiriya and was ambushed. Nine of her comrades were killed and Private Lynch was taken to the local hospital, which at the time was swarming with Fedayeen. Eight days later US special forces stormed the hospital, capturing the "dramatic" events on a night vision camera. They were said to have come under fire from inside and outside the building, but they made it to Lynch and whisked her away by helicopter. Dr a-Houssona found no bullet wounds Reports claimed that she had stab and bullet wounds and that she had been slapped about on her hospital bed and interrogated. But Iraqi doctors in Nasiriya say they provided the best treatment they could for the soldier in the midst of war. She was assigned the only specialist bed in the hospital and one of only two nurses on the floor. "I examined her, I saw she had a broken arm, a broken thigh and a dislocated ankle," said Dr Harith a-Houssona, who looked after her. Jessica amnesia "There was no [sign of] shooting, no bullet inside her body, no stab wound - only road traffic accident. They want to distort the picture. I don't know why they think there is some benefit in saying she has a bullet injury." Witnesses told us that the special forces knew that the Iraqi military had fled a day before they swooped on the hospital. Dr Uday was surprised by the manner of the rescue "We were surprised. Why do this? There was no military, there were no soldiers in the hospital," said Dr Anmar Uday, who worked at the hospital. "It was like a Hollywood film. They cried 'go, go, go', with guns and blanks without bullets, blanks and the sound of explosions. They made a show for the American attack on the hospital - action movies like Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan." There was one more twist. Two days before the snatch squad arrived, Harith had arranged to deliver Jessica to the Americans in an ambulance. But as the ambulance, with Private Lynch inside, approached a checkpoint American troops opened fire, forcing it to flee back to the hospital. The Americans had almost killed their prize catch. Some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen General Vincent Brooks When footage of the rescue was released, General Vincent Brooks, US spokesman in Doha, said: "Some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen, loyal to a creed that they know that they'll never leave a fallen comrade." The American strategy was to ensure the right television footage by using embedded reporters and images from their own cameras, editing the film themselves. The Pentagon had been influenced by Hollywood producers of reality TV and action movies, notably the man behind Black Hawk Down, Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer advised the Pentagon on the primetime television series "Profiles from the Front Line", that followed US forces in Afghanistan in 2001. That approached was taken on and developed on the field of battle in Iraq. As for Private Lynch, her status as cult hero is stronger than ever. Internet auction sites list Jessica Lynch items, from an oil painting with an opening bid of $200 to a $5 "America Loves Jessica Lynch" fridge magnet. But doctors now say she has no recollection of the whole episode and probably never will.
I saw that as well at the weekend, cant say im shocked or anything Funny how it was half-buried in the fairly quiet weekend news stories. American media is now officially a joke imho
not when you look at some of the independent reports of the way the yanks reported the war on their own tv networks. Joseph Goebells would be proud of them
it's like that guy in THE SUN at the start of the war who's helmet deflected four bullets from entering his heed turns out the guy just cut the fabric on his helmet and took the piss, and was never really shot at
Sept 11th was planned as was the War in Iraq. Rumsfelt and co. gave Saddam the technology to build Chemical weapons for the Iran Iraq war about 15 years ago, knowing what he would do with them. The bottom line is that American have invaded and conquered two countries and now have hit their jackpot with a foothold in the Middle East. That's worth 2000 dead suits anyway you look at it. The U.S Military have complete control of the media. And remember kids. If you see it on T.V ............. IT REALLY HAPPENED. Message to Glitter Angel: This does not include Eastenders
little known fact - Afghanistan is the best route for a pipeline to get vast amounts of Russian oil out of russia. US had a provisional deal in place to build the pipeline before 9/11 Anyone see Panorama last night about bunch of extreme right wingers running US govt these days. One if them was asked what he thought about Syria saying they were becoming very nervous about all the sabre-rattling noises coming from Washington around the end of the recent war, his answer was "good, you should be".
