Lynch: Military manipulated story

[knight_of_the_star]

Lynch: Military manipulated story

PALESTINE, W.Va., Nov. 7 — Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch said the U.S. military was wrong to manipulate the story of her dramatic rescue and should not have filmed it in the first place.

THE 20-YEAR-OLD private told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in a “Primetime” interview to air Tuesday that she was bothered by the military’s portrayal of her ordeal.
“They used me as a way to symbolize all this stuff,” she said in an excerpt from the interview, posted Friday on the network’s Web site. “It hurt in a way that people would make up stories that they had no truth about,” she said.
She also said there was no reason for her rescue from an Iraqi hospital to be filmed. “It’s wrong,” she said.
The former Army supply clerk suffered broken bones and other injuries when her maintenance convoy was attacked in the Iraqi town of Nasiriyah on March 23. U.S. forces rescued Lynch at a Nasiriyah hospital April 1.

More...http://www.msnbc.com/news/990040.asp?vts=110720031242

Interesting, looks like the little story that was told about hte rescue is going to be challenged by the rescued individual in question. That hsould make sparks fly in DC!

[name not needed]

1. asdf

lets see what rummy does to shut her up

[Racenut20]

3. You mean the Bronze Star didn't work???

Or the million dollar book/movie deal??

I knew it was a sad thing when the Pentagon started all the hero crap, and the media sweethearts (note I did not say Whore) picked it up and ran with it without having any facts.

[bushisanidiot]

5. Accuse Her Of Being Anally Raped

that's what.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

20. Looks like that's not working either.

[truthseeker1]

2. GO Jessica GO! (NT)

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. No, yuo don't say, you mean

the Pentagon LIED AGAIN?????????????

[radwriter0555]

6. ooooo I hope she don't drive anywhere alone anytime soon...

the bush regime is going to kill her off for sure.

[Barrett808]

7. Or small planes

Be safe, Jessica.

[arcane1]

11. already 4 or so of her fellow troops are now dead

from suicide, ambush, single-car crashes, and nameless shootouts

she's damned near the only one left who CAN say anything!

[belab13]

8. Now she's a Hero - in my book

standing up to the propaganda machine that is our governemnt.

[joeunderdog]

9. I agree. Bust ABC will probably pull the show for being "unbalanced."

Meanwhile, Jessica is now taking a bigger risk than she ever did in Iraq. Woulda been alot easier and certainly more profitable to play along. This girl really is a hero.

This will be a ratings bonanza. Bushco looks really bad and he must be pissed!

How can we send our sentiments to Jessica?

[truthisfreedom]

21. hahaha. you can be sure that the RNC is behind the scenes trying desper-

ately to come up with a spin to convince the ABC people that this is somehow unpatriotic... the only trouble they have, of course, is that SHE IS THE SOURCE OF THE TRUTH, being that she is the subject, victim, hero... and witness to it all.

[DeathvadeR]

23. lol

So So true.. Now I respect her to...She has earned her hero title

[Drifter]

10. I have no problem with ...

this program. I do have a problem with the fact that they have associated it with a real person, and as a real event.

I'm sure it is a great story, but it should not be peddled as a "based on a true story" account. Jessica herself is saying that the military is wrong for manipulating the truth for this movie.

Now where are the conservatives who are outraged that about factual inacuracies of the Reagan miniseries. Perhaps the reason they don't think it is factual, is that they have their heads so far up their asses, that they will never realize that Reagan did far more harm than good to this country. The hypocrisy is thick.

Cheers
Drifter

[hang a left]

17. Yep, she should demand that a ticker run on the bottom of the screen every

2 minutes with statement. This is a fictional movie, it in no way shape or form depicts the actual events that took place. Jessica Lynch is quoted as saying "the military is wrong for manipulating the truth for this movie."

[louis-t]

12. Interesting article in the paper this morning...

... stated that doctors in Iraq who treated Jessica Lynch said they fully examined her and found no evidence of rape (not that we should take their word as Gospel). She still maintains she doesn't remember being raped (maybe her debriefing included a little brainwashing?), or even being slapped (person who told U.S. military where to find her claims he saw this). She says she never even fired her weapon, never fought her attackers, just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Remember, the original reports from Centcom had her firing until she was out of ammo, after being shot and stabbed. None of this was true. These are the same people who gave us the crawls on CNN, Fox and MSNBC saying 'we now control Mosul' shortly before the stations cut to an 'imbed' riding in a tank near Mosul who reported that the Iraqi army was resisting fiercely in the city and they were under heavy fire OUTSIDE Mosul. The Bush administration wanted an Audie Murphy story out of this to sell their war and used that poor kid. She SHOULD be angry. She's been through enough, leave her alone.

[jfxgillis]

15. One detail wrong

CentCom never briefed on her firing her gun until it was out of ammo.

That was strictly a WH operation.

[newyawker99]

19. Hi louis-t!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[0007]

24. Here is one of the fuckers that has raped us all......

His name is Ahmed Chalabi

"Chalabi has close ties to senior Pentagon officials and is a prominent member of the council, the U.S.-appointed interim government in Iraq.

U.S. authorities insist that ties between business and government officials have not tainted any contracts. "We're following all the standard federal rules" in awarding U.S. contracts, said a Pentagon official, who asked to remain unidentified."

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ahmed_Chalabi

[damnraddem]

13. 'Rescued her' from the hospital!

Finally retrieved her, after shooting at hospital personnel trying to return her.

[hang a left]

18. tee hee

[kskiska]

14. Gee…

She didn't even collect her hug yet. Wonder if she'll be invited to sit in at the next State of the Union?

[RedSock]

16. rescuers dead 3 or 4?

i thought it was only 3 of lynch's rescuers who had died. now it's 4? who has links?

also i wonder if she could shed light on how any people were involved in the rescue? not sure if she would be aware of that though.

i hope she speaks out on monday after the fairytale is broadcast. would love to hear her "review" of it.

[CheshireCat]

22. 3 or 4 resucers dead

Would someone please post a link. My husband hasn't heard about it and would like some background information on the story.

Were they killed in Iraq or after they got home? I seem to remember that at least one died in a weird car wreck. Is this correct?

[RedSock]

25. info on deaths

thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=677888

news:

July 7, Josh Speer
(AP) A U.S. Marine who was part of the unit that helped rescue Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch died in a car crash on his first weekend home since returning from Iraq.
http://charleston.net/stories/070803/sta_08marine.shtml

August 23, David M. Tapper
Killed in Afghanistan, the Navy SEAL was part of the Iraq team that rescued POW Jessica Lynch.
Tapper, 32, died there Wednesday while conducting combat operations in a lawless province near the Pakistani border - an area where the military believes the terrorists are operating. Friends here said Tapper was shot in the back during an ambush. He died later at a hospital at Bagram Air Base, the Navy said.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/6599715.htm

October 3, Kyle Williams
The soldier, Spc. Kyle Edward Williams, 21, was found dead outside San Diego on Thursday and officials believe he committed suicide with one of the seven firearms he had been carrying with him. Williams spent seven months in the Middle East as part of the 507th Maintenance Company, the same unit as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, Army officials said.
http://www.fox11az.com/news/local/stories/KMSB_local_vehicle_100303.2401f6a.html

October 22, Sok Khak Ung
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A Marine who helped in the rescue of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch in Iraq was shot to death at a family barbecue, just 12 days before he was to be discharged. Lance Cpl. Sok Khak Ung, 22, and a family friend, Vouthy Tho, 21, were killed early Sunday in a garage at a Long Beach home by a gunman who fired six to eight shots before fleeing, police said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/22/iraq.marine.ap/