Jessica Lynch/Rescue
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| Date | 1 April 2003 |
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| Location | Nasiriyah, Iraq |
| Perpetrators | Green Berets, Air Force Pararescuemen, Army Rangers, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Delta Force |
| Description | Special forces rescue operation that was not actually necessary, but initiated to bring some uplifting news from Iraq. |
Jessica Lynch was freed on 1st April, 2003, by US special forces units.
Criticism
In the 2003 BBC documentary, “War Spin”,[1] John Kampfner asserted that the special forces rescue was made like a Hollywood movie [2] and was actually unnecessary, with blank rounds and everything arranged for good camera effects; he also mentions Hollywood director Jerry Bruckheimer, who suggested an action TV series in a theater of war to the Pentagon in 2001.[3][4]
Iraqi doctors tried to turn Lynch over to the Americans two days earlier, but were turned away by gunfire at a checkpoint. The documentary claimed the Americans knew that Iraqi forces had already left the hospital.[5]
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References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/3028585.stm
- ↑ http://archive.today/2022.08.30-235026/https://www.prwatch.org/spin/2003/05/1945/private-lynchs-rescue-hugely-overblown
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/15/iraq.usa2
- ↑ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/05/jess-m23.html
- ↑ https://www.aim.org/media-monitor/jessicas-rescue-a-hoax/
