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Remember the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch. The US government and media portrayed it as a daring rescue. CNN reported "During the raid early Wednesday, members of rescue team fought their way into the hospital, found Lynch and fought their way out."
Well that will make a great Hollywood movie, but doctors at the hospital have a different story to tell, according to a Toronto Star report.
A doctor at the hospital recounted how he told a US officer: `You do realize you could have just knocked on the door and we would have wheeled Jessica down to you, don't you?'
The Iraqi army had apparently pulled out of the area days before the raid. Lynch was left behind in the hospital.
"The night they left, a few of the senior medical staff tried to give Jessica back [to US troops]. We carefully moved her out of intensive care and into an ambulance and began to drive to the Americans, who were just one kilometre away. But when the ambulance got within 300 metres, they began to shoot. There wasn't even a chance to tell them `We have Jessica. Take her.'"
There apparently were no firefights, at least according to the doctors.
"The whole thing lasted about four hours," Raazk said. "When they left, they turned to us and said `Thank you.' That was it."
The US special forces did their jobs professionally, and they were polite too.
What I find funny is the spin that Washington and the media put on the rescue and how different it is from what the Iraqi medical staff describe.
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Well that will make a great Hollywood movie, but doctors at the hospital have a different story to tell, according to a Toronto Star report.
A doctor at the hospital recounted how he told a US officer: `You do realize you could have just knocked on the door and we would have wheeled Jessica down to you, don't you?'
The Iraqi army had apparently pulled out of the area days before the raid. Lynch was left behind in the hospital.
"The night they left, a few of the senior medical staff tried to give Jessica back [to US troops]. We carefully moved her out of intensive care and into an ambulance and began to drive to the Americans, who were just one kilometre away. But when the ambulance got within 300 metres, they began to shoot. There wasn't even a chance to tell them `We have Jessica. Take her.'"
There apparently were no firefights, at least according to the doctors.
"The whole thing lasted about four hours," Raazk said. "When they left, they turned to us and said `Thank you.' That was it."
The US special forces did their jobs professionally, and they were polite too.
What I find funny is the spin that Washington and the media put on the rescue and how different it is from what the Iraqi medical staff describe.Full story:
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