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AP - U.S. official says American POW has been rescued
Associated Press
| April 1, 2003
Posted on 04/01/2003 4:17:58 PM PST by HAL9000
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American prisoner of war has been rescued in Iraq, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Central Command was announcing the rescue in Qatar later Tuesday.
The Pentagon has listed seven Americans as captured by Iraq since the outbreak of the war.
The official said the rescue involved one of the seven.
The development came as American ground troops battled Republican Guard troops around Karbala, a holy Shiite Muslim city about 50 miles south of Baghdad. It was unknown whether the fighting was related to the POW situation.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; jessicalynch; mias; pow; rescue
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:17:58 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
PRAISE GOD!!!!!
To: HAL9000
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!
To: HAL9000
As I understand it, they were (the press, AP) given this news in confidence and were not supposed to break it until CENTCOM had a chance to announce the news at a press conference being held at 3:00AM their time.
Methinks AP is about to have their cheese left in the wind by CENTCOM...
In the mean time...
PRAISE GOD!
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:22:55 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: HAL9000
THANK GOD! Now to get the rest!!!!
(hay, why didn't Jesse Jackson offer to go find them? He volunteered to find the reporters from Newsweek?...oh, never mind)
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:23:40 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(http://www.politicsandprotest.org/attack.swf)
To: HAL9000
Radio reports say it is 19 year old Jessica Lynch.
To: HAL9000
ALL PRAISE TO GOD ALMIGHTY!!!! WOOHOO, THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS! I'm so excited, praise God!!!!!!!!
Keep praying for our beloved Armed Forces!
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:25:52 PM PST
by
Reborn
To: HAL9000
CNN reporting the POW recovered is female.
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:26:20 PM PST
by
hotpotato
To: BansheeBill
Ya...I heard it on WMAL am 630 in Washington DC.
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:26:43 PM PST
by
Godebert
To: HAL9000
ALRIGHT!!!
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:27:24 PM PST
by
thatdewd
(Billboards for the rich, spraycans for the poor, and taglines for the rest.)
To: HAL9000
The delay is due to notifying family. The report from CNN is not specifying whether this was a rescue or simply a recovery (POW escaped maybe)
To: HAL9000
9 dead, one saved. Is it better to give one man the choice to live or die, than to allow another to live in slavery? Depends on your philosophy.
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:30:05 PM PST
by
Blackyce
(President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.")
To: hotpotato
I think the only female POW is 30 y old, Spc. Shoshana Johnson
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:31:30 PM PST
by
exhaustedmomma
(Praying for: Matt/USN; Steve/USN; Adam/USAF, Eric/USCG)
To: exhaustedmomma
Radio just announced it is Jessica!
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:32:17 PM PST
by
exhaustedmomma
(Praying for: Matt/USN; Steve/USN; Adam/USAF, Eric/USCG)
To: HAL9000
MSNBC is saying it's PFC. Jessica Lynch from 507th maintenance co.
To: HAL9000
Pfc. Jessica Lynch
To: exhaustedmomma
Actually, there are two other female soldiers missing believed to possibly be POWs.
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000
I assume the family will be immediately informed of the good news,and should be. But why are we being told about it? Do we need to know at this time? There are still more P.O.W.s
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posted on
04/01/2003 4:35:09 PM PST
by
jackbob
To: HAL9000
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