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Private
Lynch
has lost her memory of her rescue
By John Kampfner
15 May, 2003

Private Jessica Lynch became
an icon of the war, and the story of her capture by the Iraqis and her
rescue by US special forces became one of the great patriotic moments
of the conflict.
But her story is one of the most stunning pieces of news management ever
conceived.
There was no [sign of] shooting, no bullet inside her body, no stab wound...

"It was like a Hollywood
film. They cried 'go, go, go', with guns and blanks without bullets, blanks
and the sound of explosions. They made a show for the American attack
on the hospital - action movies like Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan.".
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