US Marines in decoy mission as POW rescued in Iraq

Reuters | Tuesday, April 1, 2003 | By Adrian Croft

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, April 1, 2003

Quote of the Day by The Wizard

[Bogey78O]

Great move.

The sad thing is the Iraqis are getting broadcasts from the Us that we're losing the war so they're hesitant to help us.

[The Toad]

Iraqi dictators have had a poor day. Coalition forces rescued a POW, the big attack against Baghdad has started and Saddam didn't show up for his own speech.

Smells like the "Will of Allah" to me....

[Eric in the Ozarks]

get the media out.

[knak]

I thought I read the Nevy Seals got her out?

[knak]

I meant Navy.

[cardinal4]

To hear the NYT tell it, we are bogged down. I was off today and watched FOX allday. The flap in the media is typical Hate Bush and everything he stands for. The fact that Myers had to detour from a normal briefing to explain that there was no flap was sickening. I made a mental note of all the reporters who kept persisting in the line of anti rumsfeld questioning...

[Bogey78O]

The retaking of POWs is a priority in the PR war.

Every day they have even one POW they have an ace. Now if we can't take them all at once where do we start?

[jbstrick]

She was "there" serving her country. Reports are saying there were 9 (i think ) bodies found on site.

[mickie]

Don't all the loonies come out at the 'fullmoon'?

Get lost.....with all your comments......they're not appreciated!

[niki]

Why did we expend these resources on this person? Was it because she was a 19 yr old female?

Because they knew where she was. (Thanks to locals)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This is gonna be a really interesting story as more details come out!

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[blam]

"This is gonna be a really interesting story as more details come out!"

Yup. It'll be in the post-war books.

[hole_n_one]

MSNBC reporting that there were dead Americans found during the rescue at that same hospital.....no # as of yet.

[Ymani Cricket]

You know, when this is over and the war crimes tribunals start the U.N. is going to want to be involved, as is everyone else. We should absolutely NOT allow anyone to interfere with our tribunals. Anyone who didn't help us out in this has forfeited any say in this. And there are going to be a LOT of war crimes to account for by the Iraqi gov. and its military commanders. Including crimes against its own people.

Our treatment of POWs doesn't even remotely compare to to theirs.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Number is 9 according to this:

FNC reporting that 9 bodies found in the same compound as Pvt. Lynch

[ClancyJ]

Why did we expend these resources on this person?

Why wouldn't we expend these resources on this person?

Remember, this is the United States - not Iraq.

[hole_n_one]

Thanks for the link.

[antaresequity]

I cant believe you think rescueing her was a waste of resources...

You ought to think a little longer before you type