[Diddle E. Squat]

But the story is the RESCUE.

We already knew that there were dead there, having seen the video. But we didn't know if they had any live POW's besides the ones we had seen on TV. Most assumed that Jessica was dead. The military discovered that she was still alive, where she was being held, and mounted a difficult but successful rescue.

The good news is:

1) One was alive that was thought to be likely dead.
2) That soldier was rescued.
3) The soldier is free and will live.

All unknown until a few hours ago. That is good news, and combined it is much bigger news than the confirmation that those who we had seen dead in a video and some others that were missing and likely dead were actually dead.

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I know this is a little inappropriate, but your post made me think ... "Ahh but he is only mostly dead, which is better than all dead" LOL

[Timeout]

Also occurs to me, this is just another violation of the GC by Iraq. They were holding a POW without notification. Good thing we got her when we did.

And then there's this good news: Egypt has expelled a senior Iraqi diplomat. Hmmmm. Maybe Cairo's deciding it's time to jump on the winning side.