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To: cyncooper
Cyn, most of the Brit journalists (ours as well) seem to choose to believe Al Jazeera over our Generals.

Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks from today's CENTCOM briefing:
 
Re. Jessica Lynch: "Coalition forces did stage a raid last night..Nasiriah...in Saddam Hosptial...were successful..there were firefights outside of building getting in and out...no coalition casualties...we found ammo, mortars, maps, terrain model, (etc) it was being used as a military command post...involved army rangers, air force pilots, US marines and Navy SEALs...done by some of our finest warriors dedicated to never leaving (a member of theri crew) behind.
 
Video of Blackhawk on ground, PFC Lynch being carried to safety on stretcher...under blackout conditions in the compound itself where helicopter landed...at this point she is safe...she's been retrived..(thanks to the brave souls who risked their lives..."loyal to a creed" that they will never leave someone behind)..
 
"The good news is she's alive.."...for her privacy I won't go into that (her condition). "The regime was holding her." "We did unfortunately retrieve the remains of 11 persons...2 in morgue...9 outside in grave...our forces were escorted to those locations by someone taken into custody during assault"...still investigating who remains are...
 
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/882513/posts?page=732#732

She was being held by the regime. NO, she was of course not going to be fine. There's no excuse for this "reporting".

1,356 posted on 04/02/2003 9:18:54 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The dagger is clearly pointed at the heart of the regime now." Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks as always for your information. I have another window open to this thread and finally found where the play by play of this morning's Centcom briefing will begin. I'm off to read it. Want to catch up before the Pentagon briefing later.
1,386 posted on 04/02/2003 9:32:49 AM PST by cyncooper ("Some of the Iraqis... 'told me they would commit suicide if American bombing didn't start.'")
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