[Rastus]

You're pretty quick to jump on this propaganda. I, for one, will dismiss it unless and until we have proof to the contrary. Jessica's side of things will go a long way (though, I'm sure the Times would say she's been brainwashed by the military if she denies it).

[Iwo Jima]

I am beginning to think that we may never know Pfc Lynch's version of how she sustained her injuries for the simple reason that she does not know. Her broken bones may have been sustained in the initial assault (there were reports from the other freed POWs of overturned humvees}. Plus, according to this article and as one might assume, she was unconcious for some time. Many people who undergo such massive trauma never remember what happened to them, which is actually a blessing.

As to the gunshot/no gunshot controversy, I've pretty much disgarded that issue as irrelevent. Given what we now know happened from the other freed POWs about that ferocious and one-sided firefight, it would hardly be a surprise if she were shot, but that the wound was hard to detect among her other injuries including broken skin due to broken bones, and in any event was not a big deal in comparison to her other wounds.

Maybe Pfc Lynch will speak out, but if she does not, if may not be that she is being coy, saving her story for a movie deal, or any such thing. More likely, she just does not remember, and that's probably for the best. Although at this point I don't see any evidence of torture, as opposed to rough handling, if she was tortured, I hope that she was unconcious and had no memory of that part most especially.