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  • Iraqi Who Helped Rescue Lynch Writes Book

    05/09/2003 9:09:37 PM PDT · by kattracks · 10 replies · 124+ views
    AP | 5/09/03
    NEW YORK May 9 — An Iraqi lawyer who helped U.S. forces rescue Pfc. Jessica Lynch is writing a book. Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief's "Rescue in Nasiriya" will be published by HarperCollins in October."It's the story of an Iraqi making life and death decisions that have global impact," David Hirshey, vice president and executive editor of HarperCollins, said Friday.The book will be co-authored by Jeff Coplon, who helped write the best seller "Return With Honor," the story of Capt. Scott O'Grady, an Air Force pilot shot down over Bosnia in 1995.Lynch, a 20-year-old Army supply clerk from Palestine, W.Va., was captured...