writing and promoting a book) and then taking the US government to task for
doing the same. Whatever happened to approaching something with clean
hands.
I'm not discounting what she says by any means. (I have no idea what
happened), but the fact that she is profiting from this leaves me with a bad
taste in my mouth.
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From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:04 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Oh my god. Jessica Lynch said the Us Military blatantly lied.
LYNCH SLAMS RESCUE 'LIES'
US hero Private Jessica Lynch has slammed the American government for
exaggerating the account of her 'rescue' from Iraqi captors.
The 20-year-old said "it hurt" for the Pentagon to make claims about the
rescue operation that were not true.
And she said it was "wrong" for the US government to use her as a
"symbol" for the war.
The outspoken criticism came during an interview on a US news network to
promote her book I Am a Soldier Too.
"They used me as a way to symbolise all this stuff," she told the ABC
network.
She continued: "It hurt in a way that people would make up stories that
they had no truth about."
The slight blonde also said it was wrong for the American military to
film the rescue.
The Pentagon initially produced a dramatic account of how Lynch was
rescued.
It claimed she had been beaten and stabbed by her Iraqi captors.
"I don't think it happened quite like that," Lynch told ABC.
Sceptics dismissed the original account as wartime propaganda and a BBC
documentary alleged the 'rescue' had been staged.
She told ABC she was not involved in any shootout because her rifle had
jammed.
Military officials later acknowledged that Lynch wasn't shot, but was
hurt after her Humvee utility vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade and crashed into another vehicle.
American media reported on Thursday that the book, which will be
released in the US on Tuesday, would contain allegations that she was
raped by Iraqis.
"Even just the thinking about that, that's too painful," she told ABC.
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Why on earth isn't someone being held responsible for these lies that
are being told to the world!???
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12920562,00.html
-Gel
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