Lynch's Iraqi rescuer wraps visit to her hometown (Lynch too busy to meet this guy!?)

CNN / AP ^ | Tuesday, October 28, 2003

[FreedomPoster]

PALESTINE, West Virginia (AP) -- An Iraqi lawyer who helped U.S. forces in the rescue of Jessica Lynch wrapped up a tour of the soldier's hometown Monday with a trip to a garden planted in his honor.

"I will not forget. It will stay with me, in my mind, in my heart," Mohammed al-Rehaief said as a ceremonial yellow mum was planted.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thought you might want a break from being battered around on the SoCal Fire thread, so I pinged ya to this one instead ;0)

[ClintonBeGone]

Maybe there is a reasonable explanation, but being too busy with the book and movie deals sounds too much like Chief Moose who was too busy lining up fame to apprehend the WDC snipers.

Agreed. Very sad.

[#3Fan]

Are you picking up some allies from returning banees? lol Might want to be careful who you lay with, you could get fleas.

[sandlady]

Oh Tom Servo just pinged the gang-let the lynching begin--pun intended.

[TomServo]

Are you picking up some allies from returning banees? lol Might want to be careful who you lay with, you could get fleas.

Naw. Just pinging persons interested in this story, while watching terrible movies. ;-)

[#3Fan]

Thought you might want a break from being battered around on the SoCal Fire thread, so I pinged ya to this one instead ;0)

I should've learned a lesson from you, don't post on fire threads. Well, at least mine wasn't jokes and I did apologize to the good people I offended. Notice I said "good" people. Many were just Howlin's playground pals that follw her around and do whatever she does. But I did make a mistake to post a political post on an emotional thread and some were genuinely offended.

[proud American in Canada]

This is shocking. Kind of tarnishes the "heroine" image just a bit...

This man put his life on the line for her and she's too d*mn busy to meet him in her home state?

I'm ashamed of her.

[sandlady]

I'm ashamed of her.

Pretty harsh considering the source of the article.

[ought-six]

This is just unreal. If she dissed this guy, she is a great disappointment to millions of Americans. What next? Is she going to pose nude for Hustler?

[#3Fan]

Oh Tom Servo just pinged the gang-let the lynching begin--pun intended.

It's their favorite sport: Put down those that have sacrificed for their country.

[AAABEST]

Thanks for the ping. I'll buy you a ticket to the next circus for thinking about me. :)

[TomServo]

lol!!

[sandlady]

I know what your talking about. Pretty sad.

[GoGophers]

This is out of character for her, so there is more to it.

What do we know about her character?

[Consort]

"She looks forward to a private meeting with him in the near future."

That's how I would do it, as well. She could have used the photo op/media event to promote her book, but she didn't.

[JohnnyZ]

A little celebrity goes to the head pretty quickly.

That should be: "A little celebrity goes to the pretty head quickly."

[sandlady]

....used the photo op/media event to promote her book...

Can you just imagine the comments from "the gang" for that one? She will never do anything right in their eyes.

[helen crump]

This is hard to believe! I hope there is more to this story than we know. If she found time to write a book about her rescue surely she could carve out a few minutes for the real hero here.
Does anyone know if any of her family met with him?
I wonder if he thought he was going to get to meet her. If so, what a slap in the face.

[CWOJackson]

His book is ALREADY out. No mention of that though.

[cookcounty]

Something strange here.

If her publisher had any sense, the best thing they could have done is invited this guy to a BBQ in the back yard, make that the front yard, with the press taking a thousand photos