'She Was Fighting to the Death'

Washington Post ^ | 04/03/03 | Susan Schmidt and Vernon Loeb

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Pfc. Jessica Lynch, rescued Tuesday from an Iraqi hospital, fought fiercely and shot several enemy soldiers after Iraqi forces ambushed the Army's 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company, firing her weapon until she ran out of ammunition, U.S. officials said yesterday.

Lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk, continued firing at the Iraqis even after she sustained multiple gunshot wounds and watched several other soldiers in her unit die around her in fighting March 23, one official said. The ambush took place after a 507th convoy, supporting the advancing 3rd Infantry Division, took a wrong turn near the southern city of Nasiriyah.

"She was fighting to the death," the official said. "She did not want to be taken alive."

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"Or someone with a political agenda."

Do I think Jessica could have done what the unconfirmed reports and unnamed official says she did - YES and I also hope she took out as many of them as possible.

But why is no one speaking for attribution? They should be shouting from the rooftops.

I think this a trial balloon by those who want to see women in combat. If skeptics are few, testimony and proof won't even be needed. It can't hurt to try it etc.

[Enterprise]

Note to potential invaders: America has a lot of guns and a lot of men to fire those guns. BTW, America has a lot of women who will fire those guns too! Sleep well tonight potential enemies. We will, because we know our strengths.