I haven’t seen this posted yet. I feel good for family. I hope she makes a full recovery, and hope she wasn’t tortured or…whatever.
Kudos to the troops who found her, too.
I was grinning from ear to ear when I read that earlier today. I’m sure her family is immensely relieved, and I hope she makes it home as happy and as healthy as the situation allows.
I saw the Post headline this morning: “Jessica Rescued from Iraq,” and I thought, jeez—first a well, now Iraq?!
What is most interesting about that report is the information that is missing. Jessica Lynch was apparently rescued from an Iraqi hospital where she was being treated for injuries incurred in the battle.
So while she was indeed a POW, the fact that she recieved medical care sort of puts lie to the notion that the Iraqi military are all bloodthirsty and heartless war criminals.
** kambuckta ** :rolleyes:
I was a little surprised too, that they found her in a hospital, but I suspect they wanted to keep her alive as a hostage and for propaganda reasons, rather than humanitarian ones.
Um, Diogenes, I actually started a thread about this last night, but it has apparently dropped off the front page.
kambuckta, UUUNNNNNH, wrong answer. One of the locals that tipped off the Army to her whereabouts told them they’d better hurry and get her because they were torturing her. She was apparently held first at the hospital where they found the bed wired to a car battery earlier. One of the bloody female uniforms found there was hers, apparently. And that medical care she was getting? From a pharmacist, not a doctor. And the hospital where she was held? Yep, being used as a command post, complete with ammo, mortars, and a plaster model of the local terrain.
Hang on…I’m as pleased as punch that she is back in allied care. I was remarking on the ‘insinuation by omission’ that she was rescued from a situation in which she was in mortal danger.
There has been so much flack, both on these boards and in the general media about how the Iraqis are sub-human and would gleefully ignore the ‘rules of war’. Treating a POW for injuries they sustained shows me that, at least in this instance, they are behaving as one would hope.
Granted, they didn’t just shoot her in the head, as some Iraqis are alleged to have done with other POWs, but let’s not be handing out any Nobel Peace Prizes yet. She was being given medical care by a non-doctor, in an Iraqi command post/military target. Still, I’m glad she’s alive and safe, and will soon be home.
Does anyone ever feel the need to just shut up about their friggin’ politics?
Payne, do you have a cite for this?
Mind you, given the other things we know, I would not be surprised if this were the case, but I have need seen any sources that say what you reported.
I am really, really, glad they got her out, and really, really disgusted at what I fear was probably done to her and the other captives.
I had also heard that while it was a hospital building, it was being used for military purposes, not for healing. What a perversion. Let us hope that now that she is in a real hospital that her wounds may be healed.
Correction: I have not *seen *any sources…
(The one time I don’t preview…):smack:
I heard the story on the radio as follows (I have no idea how credible this is): an Iraqi civilian (apparently) approached an American soldier, looked over his shoulder to see if it was safe, handed him a note, and walked away, ignoring the American’s questions. The note gave a room number and said, “She’s still alive”. So the Marines went in and found her. The report I heard said she had two broken legs and a broken arm and had “clearly” been tortured.
I think we should all express some gratitude and kudos to the Iraqi who tipped off the Americans. He probably risked his life to do that, and for all we know, may still pay for it. He’s one of the good guys.
Do you remember which radio station? Again, I believe that you heard it, I’m just surprised I haven’t heard it or read it anywhere.
I saw it in one of the many news stories I read in the past two days; sorry, I don’t remember which one–probably on excite.com or CNN. They also referred to the brave guy who handed off the note. I haven’t heard about the “obvious” signs of torture, but then I didn’t examine her, and I assume the Army is sparing us the gory details right now. Only she knows what happened, and I’m sure we’ll hear more about it later.
BTW, about my politics–I was not in favor of charging into Iraq guns a-blazing, but people who make the Iraqi leadership/military out to be some kind of poor unfortunate victims of George Hitler Bush just make me sick. Where was their concern for the people of Iraq when Hussein was building palaces while his people starved? Were there mass protests when he gassed the Kurds?
Dunno. I was jumping around the dial on my way home from work.
It doesn’t mention any torture or mistreatment, but it does mention the hospital being used as military command post and that she was being threated by an Iraqi pharmacist.
I’ll have to look some more for this story. Agree 100% with Payne’s statement “… people who make the Iraqi leadership/military out to be some kind of poor unfortunate victims of George Hitler Bush just make me sick. Where was their concern for the people of Iraq when Hussein was building palaces while his people starved? Were there mass protests when he gassed the Kurds?”
Anyway, still glad she’s out of there. I did hear on the radio that details of her experience and condition were not being discussed at this time to protect her privacy, which I think is a very civilized thing to do. She’s been subjected to god knows what, had a horrible experience, probably saw her fellow soldiers executed at the very least. The last thing she needs is some tabloid blasting a lurid story. I’m sure she’ll get the medical treatment she needs now, and hope she’s home with her family soon to start the rest of the healing process.
It’s the story about the rescued soldier (natch). It differs slightly from what I first heard, but the gist of is the same.
And nocuous, welcome to the funny farm that is the SDMB!