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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:27
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Remember the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch. The US government and media portrayed it as a daring rescue. CNN reported "During the raid early Wednesday, members of rescue team fought their way into the hospital, found Lynch and fought their way out."
Well that will make a great Hollywood movie, but doctors at the hospital have a different story to tell, according to a Toronto Star report.
A doctor at the hospital recounted how he told a US officer: `You do realize you could have just knocked on the door and we would have wheeled Jessica down to you, don't you?'
The Iraqi army had apparently pulled out of the area days before the raid. Lynch was left behind in the hospital.
"The night they left, a few of the senior medical staff tried to give Jessica back [to US troops]. We carefully moved her out of intensive care and into an ambulance and began to drive to the Americans, who were just one kilometre away. But when the ambulance got within 300 metres, they began to shoot. There wasn't even a chance to tell them `We have Jessica. Take her.'"
There apparently were no firefights, at least according to the doctors.
"The whole thing lasted about four hours," Raazk said. "When they left, they turned to us and said `Thank you.' That was it."
The US special forces did their jobs professionally, and they were polite too.  What I find funny is the spin that Washington and the media put on the rescue and how different it is from what the Iraqi medical staff describe.
Full story:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...ol=968793972154
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:27
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Yeah, The Star reports that the medical staff said Lynch will confirm their story:
"Told of the allegation [of abuse] through an interpreter, nurse Shinah wells up with tears. Gathering herself, she responds quietly: "This is a lie. But why ask me? Why don't you ask Jessica what kind of treatment she received?"
But that is easier said than done. At the Pentagon last week, U.S. Army spokesman Lt.-Col. Ryan Yantis said the door to Lynch remains closed as she continues her recovery at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.
"Until such time as she wants to talk — and that's going to be no time soon, and it may be never at all — the press is simply going to have to wait."
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:27
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quote:
Originally posted by DinoDoc
Are we shocked that the people are trying to put the best face on thier treatment of the POWs? |
Are we shocked that some Americans find it difficult to believe that ordinary Iraqi doctors would provide proper care for a POW?
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Proteus_MST
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quote:
Originally posted by Kidicious
Maybe the media didn't know the whole truth at first. |
They were just told the story by the Generals at a Press Conference in Katar. I assume.
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Kidicious
Maybe the media didn't know the whole truth at first. |
Yeah, that's true. It'll be interesting to see which media tell the doctors' side of what happened. Do you think CNN or Fox will report it?
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:27
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quote:
Originally posted by DinoDoc
Based on a story from people with an obvious ax to grind? I remain neutral. |
Ah yes, the neutral position is to claim one side has "an obvious ax to grind." Since you claim that you're neutral, does that mean you believe the US government also had an axe to grind?
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