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Remember the Jessica Lynch affair? National hero? Bravely rescued?
It was a load of crap.
She had no bullet or stab wounds. There were no armed Iraqi forces around the hospital she was in. She was perfectly safe. The doctor attending to her even tried to smuggle her out in an ambulance two days before she was "rescued" and - guess what happened - the US forces started to open fire on them.
The Americans knew she was being looked after well (in fact so well that she had one out of two nurses at the hospital all to herself, and the hospital staff even gave blood for her), and they knew this because they'd been to the area a few days earlier and looked around, as well as asking civilians who'd told them that the Fedayeen had fled.
But they had to turn it into a Hollywood movie - one doctor at the hospital said "They all ran in shouting 'Go, go, go', it was like something out of a Jackie Chan movie". The doctors also said that she was a victim of an RTA. Otherwise known as ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. No bullet wounds, as we were told.
Carefully position some cameras, carefully edit the footage, carefully turn public opinion in your favour.
This will probably be on the Guardian website, as that's the paper I got it from. There's also a programme documenting it on Sunday.
It was a load of crap.
She had no bullet or stab wounds. There were no armed Iraqi forces around the hospital she was in. She was perfectly safe. The doctor attending to her even tried to smuggle her out in an ambulance two days before she was "rescued" and - guess what happened - the US forces started to open fire on them.
The Americans knew she was being looked after well (in fact so well that she had one out of two nurses at the hospital all to herself, and the hospital staff even gave blood for her), and they knew this because they'd been to the area a few days earlier and looked around, as well as asking civilians who'd told them that the Fedayeen had fled.
But they had to turn it into a Hollywood movie - one doctor at the hospital said "They all ran in shouting 'Go, go, go', it was like something out of a Jackie Chan movie". The doctors also said that she was a victim of an RTA. Otherwise known as ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. No bullet wounds, as we were told.
Carefully position some cameras, carefully edit the footage, carefully turn public opinion in your favour.
This will probably be on the Guardian website, as that's the paper I got it from. There's also a programme documenting it on Sunday.
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It's hard to believe the US government is even allowed to run things anymore.
Dr Duck wrote:
> Heroine? No, dope.
>
> :^)
heh *pats on back*
perhaps a possible headline for it?
> Heroine? No, dope.
>
> :^)
heh *pats on back*
perhaps a possible headline for it?
Heroine? No, dope.
:^)
:^)
Apparently when she got back home to her folks she asked them to microwave her a hungry man's breakfast saying "mom, pops, I know what I like and I like lots, y'all. I need over 1lb of food to help me recuperate".
Incredible.
Nice to see the US media were as independant as ever of the goverment's machinations...
heroine my bum
Here's the full story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,956127,00.html
Lengthy but worth a read.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,956127,00.html
Lengthy but worth a read.
*reads topic*
*crushes paper cup* *grits teeth*
when will they ever learn ??
*crushes paper cup* *grits teeth*
when will they ever learn ??
You can guarantee in the film when they enter the hospital there'll be explosions going off left, right and centre, like a Steven Seagal film.
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