[KQQL]

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.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12920562,00.html

[submarinerswife]

I am pretty disapointed with this little hollywood darling. She needs to sell a book, get ratings for the interview and movie and what better way to do it then to be indignant towards the fact that the military taped her rescue?

[HairOfTheDog]

Condemn is strong..... jeeesh. Now we need to trust the BBC's version of this interview?

[LouD]

She also said there was no reason for her rescue to be filmed.

She's was a damned PFC supply clerk. WTF does she know? The decision to, and rationale for filming her rescue was way above her pay grade.

I find it more than a little interesting that, after a long silence, she's heaping criticism on the war, right after she made her lucrative media deals. I think she was given her talking points by ABC as a condition of her deal: They're paying her, and she's saying what they want to hear...

[FITZ]

I think she should be given much less publicity and allowed to get on with her life. She may suffer from that Stockholm syndrome --- like Patty Hearst and identify with her keepers, she admits she's not a hero, she did nothing but get captured and injured, so we don't need to pretend she is some kind of hero.

[DustyMoment]

This story is taking some interesting twists and turns. For someone who claims she doesn't remember anything about the whole thing, how does a book of more than 20 paqes get published and a SeeBS-style made-for-TV movie get made that isn't all fiction?

If she witheld information from the military when she was being debriefed, she needs to be charged, court-martialed and convicted under the UCMJ.

This whole business is beginning to stink very badly and the real Jessica Lynch is starting to look 180 degrees different from the sweet, innocent, naive girl from WVA that we were initially introduced to. She's becoming something of a backstabbing shrew in the Hillary! style and America is being VERY put off by her.

[JesseHousman]

hey used me as a way to symbolise all this stuff.

And the muslims used her in the same way muslims use camels.

[TrueBeliever9]

As the mother of a Marine who would risk his life for Jessica I say "shame on you Jessica!" You are an ingrate! You are a disgrace! And your big smiling photo posted on AOL today with Dianne Sawyer made me sick!

[veronica]

Jessica was crazy to talk to Diane Sawyer, who set a trap and Jessica fell in. Now she's being used by the anti-war rats. Beware of network infobabes bearing overnights at The Plaza.

[xrp]

Maybe the US Army should dumb her back in Fallujah, but break her legs first.

[Rome2000]

I did not shoot - not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees - that's the last thing I remember."

Women are useless in combat and don't even understand the value of propaganda as a means to win a war.

I hope this numbskulls shocking betrayal of her country will serve as the catalyst to get women off the battlefield.

[FreeReign]

They used me as a way to symbolise all this stuff. It's wrong.

Why does the BBC not QUOTE this statement? It's not like they forgot to use quotes for some of the other more mild things that she said.

[BluH2o]

"I did not shoot - not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees - that's the last thing I remember."

And army brass consider this heroism? For this Lynch was awarded the Bronze Star? The army evidently has very low standards (at least in some cases) when it comes to recognizing heroism ... or lack of same.

[Wondervixen]

If Jessica truly did criticize the Pentagon for "using" her, she ain't seen NOTHING compared to the c*cksuckers in the leftwing media!

[IronJack]

I have to admit my respect for Ms. Lynch has cooled considerably after these revelations. Surely she's smart enough to see that these statements will be fuel for the Left's fires. She complains about being a pawn for the Pentagon? How about being manipulated by the Hate America crowd?

Too bad, Jessica. Off to obscurity with ye!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I thought the media was the one who made the story of her capture up, not the military. All the military said was people had been shot and fought back.

I like her, but she needs to shut her piehole.

[Fighting Irish]

Didn't this girl get a Medal for her bravery?

If so......then get it back.

[VOA]

bump

[winker]

HER 15 MINUTES OF FAME IS JUST ABOUT UP!

[InvisibleChurch]

i forget, do i like her or dislike her this week?