It's possible that this happened. The stories seem plausible, apart from some details: the ambulance being shot, or the blanks, for example.
If the American government needs a nice story to go along with Lynch's rescue, so be it. She was rescued, and is now safe and sound, back in the US. The guys that rescued her are still great soldiers in their own right; after all, if the story is true, they did risk their lives for some good publicity...
