[usmcobra]

"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."

The article sounds ambiguous to me, as if the author wants the reader to come to certain conclusions.

Look the war might be over shortly, and there could understandably be a bit of backpedaling to cover the Iraqi people from shall we say a bit of embrassment.

[skeeter]

``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.

This is the sentence I was referring to. Seems pretty straightforward.

As to your second point, those who would spin events of the past would be wasting their time, as most of us understand the Iraqi people for the most part ceased being responsible for the actions of this regime and its supporters years ago.