jeesica lynch, 19 year old member of the 507the maintenance unit that was ambushed on march 23 has been rescued by coalition forces...not many details are known about the rescue right now. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20030402/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_us_pow
I was just going to post this http://www.msnbc.com/news/889604.asp Great news!!! Fan-freaking-tastic news!!!!
This is awesome news! Thanks for posting the link as this was the first I'd heard of it... I wonder how they learned of her location and if they're using the same intelligence to plan other rescues. Whatever, you've just put me in a great mood!!!
tell me about it... when i first saw this young woman's picture back when she went missing i guess my heart was pained a little more, i dont know how to explain it other than to say she is a woman, and every time i see a woman in a POW/MIA status is hurts b/c i am so fearful of what those scum bags would do to a woman soldier. anyway, i am so happy and can only hope that more rescues are to come in the coming days <all the networks are now claiming she was rescued from a "hospital" in nasiriya>
I thought she was dead for sure. After seeing that she was MIA and not seeing her face on Iraqi t.v., I thought the game was up. Good news indeed! Strange how she seems to have been separated from the rest of the POWs.
Re: Re: american soldier rescued. Honest question here: What gives you (or anyone else) the impression that "those scumbags" would seriously mistreat a female soldier, at least worse than her male colleagues?
Re: Re: Re: american soldier rescued. One look at the picture should pretty much answer that question. Definitely a worry.
Re: Re: Re: american soldier rescued. In addition to what BReilly said, the female POW from GW1 was dragged on the ground by her two fractured arms and repeatedly and brutally raped by her captors. That's what gives me the impression. I'm happy she's safe now. The healing can begin.
Fair enough. Basically wanted to know if there had been a precedent set or whether it was just supposition.
Glad to she has been rescued. I also get a little pit in my stomach when I hear of a female POW. On the sad side, apparently they found the bodies of multiple US soldiers (nine?) when they rescued Jessica. It's unclear to me at this point whether any of these are the 4 POWs who were shown on Iraqi tv or if these were others that were listed as missing.
Just as good news comes in...it turns bad. That shows how this "live" war develops in front of our eyes. Most interesting to note, the fact that at 3am local time Centcom held this press conference. Rumsfeld was on TV saying that he will allow them to tell the world of some good news to come. Now, as I just stated, this could turn to be better news, but who knows right now. As I see it right now, they went through all this effort to make this news, contact the families, all the POW families involved and in the end had about a 10 second statement. It very well could be an attempt to put the best spin on a botched rescue mission.
You find a way to ruin any good news don't you? Those people were dead in most peoples eyes, so for any of them to come back alive is a miracle.
Great news indeed. Unfortunately, they did recover bodies, last I saw was numbered at 11. Congrats to the SEALs, Rangers, and Marines involved for a job well done on bringing back some of our own.
Let's see here. Before you ever showed up to this website (that is if you aren't a sock) I have been ruining all the good news for everyone. Yes, you caught me. Anyway, you should have planned in your personal war room the real value of one person. While we are all pleased to see this positive outcome for this individual, at what cost to many others and their families? Even the US court system, insurance companies and just about any manufacturing industry put a value to a human life. I find it ironic that a military, that kills folks for a living (yes, quite simple, but a basic goal nonetheless) diverts so much attention and resources for the end result of one person. I mean, even you said they "were dead in most peoples eyes." In fact, my intent was not and is not to rain on your parade. Call it military analysis at its cheapest. Even if you are posting from work, nobody is getting paid to give their educated opinions. I think you and cl_hanley should hug each other. In fact, she herself (and by no fault of her own) might feel guilty for the numbers that died to save her. These must be calculated moves and we all know how easy it would be to try and spin it best. While I don't think there is an attempted "cover-up" in the watergate/whitewater sense, but as I stated before, we don't know all the deatils and we can hope for the best. Maybe you missed "this could turn to be better news, but who knows right now."
Re: Re: Re: american soldier rescued. have you seen the qualiy of women the iraqi's have to "work" with...?
First, let me say that I am happy for her and her family that she's alive and well. With that said, it was interesting to watch the Big Three spin this story on the morning news shows. Everybody now wants to i-view this cute 19-year-old white woman as a human interest story - ABC sunk all the way down to interviews with her softball coach in high school. How's that news? Again, I am very happy for her and her family, but if the Pentagon trots her out on every TV station over the next few days, it will likely turn out a bit sickening.
Kudos to the Rangers, Seals and Air Force special ops soldiers that pulled this off. Right of the line, lads.
Despite the barrage of enemy gunfire entering and leaving Saddam Hospital, there were no coalition casualties in Wednesday's rescue raid, said Brooks. - CNN.com - 'nuff said.
Thanks for the update! This turned out better than at first glance, which was my point in the first place. That hug worked wonders btw.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14879-2003Apr2.html Pfc. Jessica Lynch, rescued Tuesday from an Iraqi hospital, fought fiercely and shot several enemy soldiers after Iraqi forces ambushed the Army's 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company, firing her weapon until she ran out of ammunition, U.S. officials said yesterday. Lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk, continued firing at the Iraqis even after she sustained multiple gunshot wounds and watched several other soldiers in her unit die around her in fighting March 23, one official said.