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Monday, April 07, 2003 During their tour at Fort Bliss, a sprawling military base on the western tip of Texas, Jessica Lynch and Lori Ann Piestewa had little choice but to spend time together. As logistics and supply specialists, their military duties constantly intertwined. When Private First Class Lynch needed to stock up on toilet paper or shaving kits for deploying troops, she ordered the gear from Private First Class Piestewa, stationed in a nearby warehouse. When they were not at work -- a rarity in the weeks leading up to the Iraqi war -- the pair shared a tiny...

<p>According to the Cable News Network ticker, Private First Class Jessica Lynch has been moved to intensive care as a precaution in Landstuhl, Germany to monitor fever, increased heart rate and any possible infection.</p> <p>Not mentioned whether her family did visit her in the ICU ward when thye came.</p>

Family of Rescued POW Arrives in Germany By JOSEPH COLEMAN .c The Associated Press LANDSTUHL, Germany (AP) - The American POW rescued by U.S. commandos in a daring raid in Iraq was reunited with her family Sunday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. ``I can't wait to see her,'' Pfc. Jessica Lynch's mother, Deadra Lynch, said before leaving for Germany. Lynch's father, two siblings and a cousin also flew over from West Virginia. Their meeting comes a day after the family learned that eight members of Lynch's unit, the 507th Maintenance Company, were killed in the same ambush that...

'I'm an American Soldier, Too': Central Command Releases Details of POW's RescueBy Nicole Winfield Associated Press WriterPublished: Apr 5, 2003 CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) - "Jessica Lynch," a U.S. soldier called out. "We are United States soldiers, and we're here to protect you and take you home." On her hospital bed, Pfc. Jessica Lynch peered out from the sheet with which she'd been covering her head in fear. "I'm an American soldier, too," she replied. U.S. Central Command on Saturday released the dramatic details of Lynch's rescue, as the 19-year-old supply clerk, now safely at a U.S. military hospital...

Pfc. Jessica Lynch was beaten more severely than first reports indicated, doctors said yesterday. Besides two broken legs and a broken arm, the 19-year-old Army truck driver suffered fractures to her right foot, right ankle and a disk in her spine, and had a gash on her head. Lynch underwent spinal surgery Thursday to repair the fractured disk that had been pressing painfully on a nerve, doctors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany reported yesterday. "The prognosis for her recovery is excellent," said Col. David Rubenstein, the medical center commander. Officials have refused to say why so many of...

Family members of Pfc. Jessica Lynch were planning to leave for Germany today for a reunion with the 19-year-old Wirt County native who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, several officials said. As the family was preparing to leave, a military briefing at Central Command in Qatar released more details about her rescue, telling how she at first hid under a sheet and then was relieved to see U.S. Special Operations forces had come to her aid. Sen. Jay Rockefeller had expedited passports for the Lynch family and had them at his Washington, D.C., home, said Rockefeller spokesman Mark Ferrell....

<p>Noble: An exceptional display of soldiering in Iraq, during the daring rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch.</p> <p>Nobility is sometimes earned simply in returning home from a long, dangerous journey — the nobility of the tempest-blown ship returned to a safe haven. All of our soldiers deployed to the Iraqi theater are earning this honor, regardless of their postings or their duties. We continue to hope and pray that each will soon earn the simple nobility of safe return. The soldiers who helped rescue Pfc. Lynch did more.</p>

POW Family Denies Daughter Shot, Stabbed By ALLISON BARKER .c The Associated Press PALESTINE, W.Va. (AP) - The father of rescued POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch said Thursday that she was in great spirits following her first surgery and denied reports she was shot and stabbed during her captivity in Iraq. ``We have heard and seen reports that she had multiple gunshot wounds and a knife stabbing. The doctor has not seen any of this,'' Gregory Lynch Sr. said.

MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq - The Iraqi man who tipped U.S. Marines to the location of American POW Jessica Lynch said Thursday he did so after he saw her Iraqi captor slap her twice as she lay wounded in a hospital. "A person, no matter his nationality, is a human being," the tipster, a 32-year-old lawyer whose wife was a nurse at the hospital, said in an interview at Marines' headquarters, where he, his wife and daughter are being treated as heroes and guests of honor. "He is an extremely courageous man who should serve as an inspiration to all...

MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq -- The Iraqi man who tipped U.S. Marines to the location of American POW Jessica Lynch said Thursday he did so after he saw her Iraqi captor slap her twice as she lay wounded in a hospital. "A person, no matter his nationality, is a human being," the tipster, a 32-year-old lawyer whose wife was a nurse at the hospital, said in an interview at the Marines' headquarters, where he, his wife and daughter are being treated as heroes and guests of honor. "He is an extremely courageous man who should serve as an inspiration to...

Iraqi Man Risked All to Help Free American Soldier By Peter Baker Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, April 4, 2003; Page A01 MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq, April 3 -- Mohammed, a gregarious 32-year-old Iraqi lawyer, went by the hospital in Nasiriyah one day last week to visit his wife, who worked there as a nurse, when he noticed the ominous presence of security agents. Curious, he asked around, and a doctor friend told him an American soldier was being held there. Something made him want to go see. The doctor took him to a first-floor emergency wing where he pointed...

Pfc. Jessica Lynch has won the hearts and the gratitude of a whole nation. If initial reports are accurate, she showed enormous courage when the Iraqis ambushed her maintenance unit. Though she'd been shot, stabbed and sustained at least two broken bones (though it is not yet clear in what sequence), she reportedly fired her weapon until she was out of ammunition. As one official told The Washington Post, she was "fighting to the death ... she did not want to be taken alive." They're talking about a Medal of Honor for her. This 5 foot, 4 inch 19-year-old gal...

<p>April 4, 2003 -- The Iraqi hero whose tip led to the Special Forces rescue of Army POW Jessica Lynch said he became enraged when he saw the captured GI slapped around by her captors in the hospital they turned into a jail.</p>

Thank God Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch has been rescued from an Iraqi hospital where she was being held as a prisoner of war! Jessica was part of the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Co. that fell into an Iraqi ambush, which led to the deaths of some of her fellow soldiers and the capture of a least five others, including Spc. Shoshana Johnson. The fate of Pfc. Lori Piestewa and several others still is unknown. If your heart wasn't in your throat when you saw the pictures of Jessica on a stretcher, or a wounded Shoshana being interviewed by her captors, then...

Reports: Iraqi Lawyer Aided in POW Rescue .c The Associated Press An Iraqi lawyer tipped U.S. forces to the location of POW Jessica Lynch after seeing her slapped in the face a burly Fedayeen security man guarding her in a Nasiriyah hospital, according published reports. The 32-year-old lawyer, identified only as Mohammed, told The Washington Post and USA Today that he peered through a window at the hospital where his wife worked as a nurse and saw a sight that ``cut'' his heart: Lynch being slapped in the face by the black-clad Iraqi security agent. He said he decided on...

An Iraqi lawyer and his family provided the U.S. military with critical information about the whereabouts of former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch, enabling her to be rescued, according to a report on the Marines website. The Iraqi is being identified only as "Mohammad" for his own protection. "I came to the hospital to visit my wife," said the man whose wife was a nurse. "I could see much more security than normal." Mohammad says he asked one of the doctors why the hospital had increased security. "He told me there was a woman American soldier there," Mohammad said. Army Pfc....

(CNSNews.com) - The debate over whether military women should serve in difficult military operations has re-ignited following the capture of two American female prisoners of war by Iraqi troops. The heroic story of one of those women notwithstanding, conservatives believe that Clinton-era policies allowing women more access to the battlefield need to be reassessed. Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch, rescued this week from an Iraqi hospital, was captured March 23 when her supply company, operating in support of the advancing 3rd Infantry Division, took a wrong turn and was ambushed near the southern city of Nasiriyah. Lynch reportedly continued...

CNSNews.com) - Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch was not stabbed. She was not shot. But she does have two broken legs, a broken right arm, a broken right foot and ankle and a broken lumbar spine, a hospital spokesman said at a press conference on Friday. She's also being treated for a cut to her head. "She has undergone several surgeries to stabilize her injuries, including spinal surgery," said a spokesman at Landstuhl hospital in Germany, where a number of American GIs are treated. Today she will have additional surgeries to treat her other broken bones. The spokesman said...

Marshall University's scholarship offer has one difference on paper (from the West Virginia U. free ride offer in accordance with the GI Bill)According to the news release, Marshall University plans to pay for Lynch to continue her education with Graduate SchoolThe decision on both schools part was based on her passion for education.'We at Marshall were so relieved that Jessica was rescued and now safe,' Dan Angel, Marshall University President, said, according to a news release.'We were also very touched after hearing of Jessica's desire to continue her education.'