Iraqi Family Risks Their Lives To Save American Army POW

Defend America ^ | 04/03/2003 | .S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph R. Chenelly / 1st Marine Expeditionary Force

[Spruce]

UNSUNG HEROES — The Iraqi family that provided vital information in the rescue of POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, rest at Camp Liberty, Iraq, April 3. The family was welcomed by Marines, who greeted them with food, clothing and an American flag. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. L.A. Salinas

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Iraqi Family Risks Their Lives To Save American Army POW

By U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph R. Chenelly / 1st Marine Expeditionary Force

     MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq, April 3, 2003 — New heroes have surfaced in the rescue of U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
     Under the watchful eyes of more than 40 murderous gunmen, the 19-year-old supply clerk laid in Saddam Hussein Hospital suffering from at least one gunshot wound and several broken bones.
     As her captors discussed amputating her leg, an Iraqi man leaned to her ear and whispered, "Don't worry." Lynch replied with a warm smile.
     The man was already working with U.S. Marines to gain the critical information needed to rescue one of the first American prisoners of war in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
     Just a day earlier, the lawyer from An Nasiryah had walked 10 kilometers to inform American forces he knew where Lynch was being held. More

[The KG9 Kid]

*PING* --- Here are those US Citizen candidates you were talking about...

[cyncooper]

I can't get enough of these stories.

Me neither.

This is a GOOD man.

[pbear8]

Thank you for this excellent post, it made my day.

[thatdewd]

Awesome, simply awesome. May The Almighty bless that man and his family in all things.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Even In Battle, Blondes Get all The Attention

We need to FReep this Deborah Orr. I sent her an email already. Its a wonderful story that we got this girl back. There is absolutely No reason to inject Liberal White Guilt into it like she did in that story.

That was so pathetic.

[Toidylop]

"America came here to help us," he said. "The Marines are brave men. They have been gentle with the Iraqi people. They are taking out Saddam Hussein. For that, we're grateful."

Freepers should shove into war-protesters' face everywhere they show up.

[Grampa Dave]

Welcome back home brother!

This says it all and you said it: It is our moral duty as a nation to ALWAYS differentiate between those that want peace, and those that would do evil and make supreme efforts to not harm the former and send the latter to their maker.

[Zipporah]

.. this story is really heart wrenching.. I wonder why they didn't kill her? The fact she survived is a miracle in itself much less the rest of the story..

[usmcobra]

"Great story but I wonder why the father is quoted as saying she wasn't shot."


Perhaps because Reuters is reporting the story?

Honestly I don't have a clue, but I would tend to believe a Marine, any Marine in Iraq, over a reuters reporter half a world away any day.

[Grampa Dave]

These Iraqi people are worth a million of the so called peace niks.

[Grampa Dave]

Amen Cobra.

We should: Never! Never! Believe anything that Reuters writes up.

Reuters is the only so called news agency still allowed in Baghdad. That should tell all of us about Reuters.

[k2blader]

Beautiful story.

God bless Mohammad and his family.

[Joe Boucher]

Not GOD, but the U.S.of America.
We should put his family into the witness protection programme,
If need be, I'd donate a spare bedroom in my home for them until time that they could get their shoes on.
they should be rewarded and protected.

[george wythe]

Just a day earlier, the lawyer from An Nasiryah had walked 10 kilometers to inform American forces he knew where Lynch was being held.

The shocked Marines asked Mohammad to return to the hospital and note certain things. He was tasked with counting the guards and documenting the hospital's layout. Knowing the risk, he agreed to help the young woman he had seen only once.

"I came to the hospital to visit my wife," said the Iraqi man, whose wife is a nurse. "I could see much more security than normal."

The man, who, for his protection, will only be identified as Mohammad, asked one of the doctors about the increased security. "He told me there was a woman American soldier there."

Together, the two went to see her. Peering through the room's window, Mohammad saw a sight he claims will stay with him for a life. An Iraqi colonel slapped the soldier who had been captured after a fierce firefight, March 23. First with his palm, then with his backhand.

"My heart stopped," he said in a soft tone. "I knew then I must help her be saved. I decided I must go to tell the Americans."

Just days earlier, Mohammad saw a woman's body dragged through his neighborhood. He said "the animals" were punishing the woman for waving at a coalition helicopter. The brutal demonstration failed to deter him from going to the Marines

Thank you, Mohammad.

May God give you a bountiful reward.

If anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I [Jesus] tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.
St Matt 10:42

[Green]

I would too but now people are saying on a different thread that they just saw the father live on tv saying that the doctor treating her in Germany said no gunshot wounds or stab wounds. This is very puzzling to me.

[tracer]

"He should be granted his hearts desire at our expense."

I would venture to guess that such is in process as the hellish reign of Saddam comes to an end....

[usmcobra]

"oh and by the way Dad, please don't tell Mom I've been shot, You know how she gets and how she worries"

The change in the story doesn't surprize me one bit, it's just the why I haven't figured out yet.

[Green]

I'm wondering if she has asked the doctors not to tell her parents the full extent of her injuries until she is able to be with them face to face so that they won't worry so much about her before she gets back home to them.

[cake_crumb]

"This is the sort of story that I use to teach my children about America."

Me too, even though mine are adults now. Via the miracle of the Internet, one of my kids has already read this story, and another is reading it now. The third doesn't have the Internet, but he visits often enough that I'll be sure to tell him about it.