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jessica lynch

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 6:07 pm
by steve56
saw a pic of her on yahoo news,she looks like susan george.

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:42 pm
by golostruda
Erm, does anyone really believe this woman exists? I know a lot of war journos and at the time they were of the belief that JL was someone invented to (in a Saving Private Ryan style) up jingosim in the US and morale amongst the troops after three fatal friendly fire incidents within 24 hours. Seemed to get lost too easy ("ooh, I forgot to go with the rest of my troop") and found too easy ("a nice Iraqi doctor phoned Mr Bush"). Bollocks to it all. Nothing I have heard or seen since leads me to believe any different to what my journo mates said at the time - she doesn't really exist (yes, there's a lady now on TV being interviewed and selling books, but she damn sure looks more like an out-of-work actress than a soldier). The exploitative and deliberately shocking "I was told by army doctors I'd been raped (but I can't recall it)" statement on the day before the book's in-store release stinks of clumsy Pentagon muppets. Sorry, but it does.

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:40 pm
by colin
i must admit the whole situation has a strong fishy smell about it.

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:45 pm
by jj
War, casualty, first, truth..........

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 2:50 pm
by steve56
money,lol.

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:46 pm
by nosey
Was your last visit to the cinema as long ago as 1997?. My last visit was in 1973 to see Steptoe and Son Ride Again. I wonder if anyone out there can beat that, 30 years since a last cinema visit.

Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 3:43 am
by Ace
Good call nosey.; I had a hiatus of about 6 years from 'The Running Man' to 'Cape Fear', so I missed Pretty Woman, Die Hard 2 and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade......phew!!


Re: jessica lynch

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 1:30 pm
by jj
Haven't you got a restaurant column to file for deadline?