I've heard 2 different stories about what happened to her.I have nothing to back this up other than a few news reports I heard regarding this. Take it as you will. Just something to keep in mind. This is not to detract from what she went through but just to question how much of what we are being told is truth.
The first is the military story - the one everybody is familiar with.
The second is somewhat different -
The vehicle crash was driver error. She was the only to survive the crash and was rescued by the Iraqi's and medically treated in the hospital she was taken too. The Iraqi's then tried to deliver her to a passing US patrol which mistook the approaching ambulances as hostile and fired on them. The Iraqi's fled and returned to the hospital still with Lynch.
The patrol alerted military leaders about what they had experienced and it was rightly determined that is where Lynch was being held. Here is where it gets a little political. Sentiment for the war was starting to wane a little and something was needed to returnfavor to the war. What better way than a dramatic rescue.
The story goes that the Iraqi's saw the approaching Special Forces detachment and fled the hospital. The SF raided an empty hospital all while video taping it for the evening news. They got there "rescue" and changed the tone of the war.
Her "amnesia" related to the incident. Prompted by free medical coverage and an immediate honorable discharge.
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So, what's your point?
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