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I am a lot more inclined to believe her than the press.

If her weapon had failed to chamber a round, I think she might have reported that "my gun didn't work", or soemthing like that. But, what she says is "I didn't fire not one round", which is a lot different than an expression of frustration like "the damn thing wouldn't work" ,which is what you would hear if she had tried to return fire and couldn't do it.

She is probably telling the exact truth, and she impresses me as a good kid from a decent family, and someone with respect for the "truth" - unlike the Washington Post apparently.

I believe the "Jessica" story is just another example of American media and Hollywood BS. Pretty good gig for the Hollywood types when you think about it. Latch on to some unfortunate, make em into a big hero, then do the movie on them. Guaranteed 20 million at the box office from people who can no longer seperate reality from the truth.

In panic or surprise situations these weapons work pretty well. You often see three or four unexpended rounds on the ground where some soldier repeatedly chambers rounds to be sure it is loaded after being surprised like this.

Who knows what happened? Who really cares? She survived. That is the important thing for her, and for her family.

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I believe the "Jessica" story is just another example of American media and Hollywood BS. Pretty good gig for the Hollywood types when you think about it. Latch on to some unfortunate, make em into a big hero, then do the movie on them. Guaranteed 20 million at the box office from people who can no longer seperate reality from the truth.

That's a pretty big stretch. Whether or not she killed nine Iraqis makes no difference, the rescue is what made everyone get to know her. She was our lone rescuee for a ten days. Lone rescuees get famous, like Anderson and O'Grady.