POW Family Denies Daughter Shot, Stabbed

Associated Press | Thursday, April 3, 2003 | By ALLISON BARKER

[JohnHuang2]

POW Family Denies Daughter Shot, Stabbed

By ALLISON BARKER .c The Associated Press

PALESTINE, W.Va. (AP) - The father of rescued POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch said Thursday that she was in great spirits following her first surgery and denied reports she was shot and stabbed during her captivity in Iraq.

``We have heard and seen reports that she had multiple gunshot wounds and a knife stabbing. The doctor has not seen any of this,'' Gregory Lynch Sr. said.

[Polybius]

Well, why did she need surgery?

She is probably undergoing ORIF of her fractures.

[A2J]

It doesn't make them bad people.

True, but it does make them susceptible to other more intensive propaganda that may not be very healthy for them or for our nation.

I think this may be a case in point where it shows just how powerful the media is and how, if we're not careful, it could lead us down the wrong path.

[MineralMan]

"She is probably undergoing ORIF of her fractures"

That could well be, especially if they were caused by gunshots. Nasty wounds, those. Also, if she did have some sort of vertebral fracture, surgery would be required in that case.

Bottom line is that, absent any official information regarding her exact condition, we know very little. We will find out, though, and fairly soon.

[nicmarlo]

gunshot wounds might have been sustained in battle, but broken arm, legs, back sound much more ominoius

I agree; and at another hospital soldiers had found bloodied female soldiers' uniforms, names removed. Sounds bad, too.

[Chemist_Geek]

We will find out, though, and fairly soon.

To be honest, I'd rather we not.

[A2J]

You flat out stated that she deserved nothing more than the Purple Heart in another thread.

I wish you would link my comments because I said that she should definitely receive at least a Purple Heart and a campaign medal and any other that she DESERVES after the facts have been investigated.

You have already decided that she is just an injured soldier without any information firsthand.

And where, exactly, am I wrong about that statement? The truth, as it stands now, is that she was injured. How? We don't know.

[Recon by Fire]

This may sound odd but didn't the female POW from Gulf 1 also have two broken arms? I believe so as well as being raped.

I remember reading that she broke her arms when the helicopter crashed, but I could be wrong.

[MineralMan]

In fact, here is what you said, quoted exactly:

"I believe that if the military honors Lynch with more than the other soldiers who were sent home with Purple Hearts for being injured in battle, it should ilicit a strong response from conservatives because it would be a decision made along what is PC and not what is truth."

[pyx]

(AP) - The father of rescued POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch said Thursday that she was in great spirits following her first surgery and denied reports she was shot and stabbed during her captivity in Iraq.

"We have heard and seen reports that she had multiple gunshot wounds and a knife stabbing. The doctor has not seen any of this," Gregory Lynch Sr. said.

Wait a minute ! ... the Washington comPost along with ballbusting feminists almost had the story as Pfc. Lynch singlehandedly taking out a machinegun nest with a penknife !

I'm pleased Pfc. Lynch is safe and sound. I'm more than happy we're kickin' major Iraqi ass. However, I refuse to be suckered into buying into the myth that women belong on the front lines in the military. Women perform splendidly in other roles. Humpin' a mortar in sand is not one of those roles. Expending a batallion of Marines as a decoy and sending in a full SEAL team and a full Army CAG team to save one female Pfc. is not a wise expenditure of limited resources in a battle theatre. Arguing otherwise seems foolish.

[The Other Harry]

Well, why did she need surgery?

The realign her spinal column. She had no feeling in her feet.

In addition to breaking both of her legs and an arm, her captors evedentally treated her pretty roughly.

I hope we make it a point to find them.

[HarryKnutszacke]

This may sound odd but didn't the female POW from Gulf 1 also have two broken arms?
I believe so as well as being raped.
She broke her arms in the helicopter crash.
She was "fondled" in her words, on the way to the prison she was held in. She was criticized by some for not revealing this for several months, but most of her public comments indicate she didn't reveal it because she didn't think it was that big of a deal. She also indicated that her injuries were treated appropriately by Iraqi physicians, and in fact, that they (the Iraqi physicians) treated her with some respect when they found out the she was a physician.
Her name is Rhonda Cornum, if you google her name you can find all of this.
I've met her, she is "poster child" all-military.
The facts are good enough, all our sevice men and women deserve our thanks and respect.

[Catspaw]

You seem to want to know if Pfc. Lynch was raped. I wonder why that is.

[tracer]

What ever is wrong with you?? If many people need an event to rally around in time of war, what's it to you? What is the harm, given that the truth eventually be known -- or not?

After all is said and done, it is an indisputable fact that she was in a combat environment, was wounded there, and was rescued from captivity by several other brave warriors who cared enough to put their lives on the line for one of their own. I repeat, one of their own -- and one of our own as well..........

[mabelkitty]

I'm thinking she had deep holes gauged out of her that looked like those types of wounds, but the family doesn't want to elaborate.

Can't say I blame them.

[amused]

I think this may be a case in point where it shows just how powerful the media is and how, if we're not careful, it could lead us down the wrong path.

Agreed....eternal vigilance was not refering to the 4th estate but rather the people.

[MineralMan]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/883897/posts?page=100#100

Here ya go.

[tracer]

The surgery likely was to relieve the compression of major motor nerves...

[mabelkitty]

I'm thinking they should have waited to debrief her. There were other females here, and either one of them could have shot up the Iraqis. They aren't here to tell the tale.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

LOL. AOL so sucks.