Wednesday, September 03, 2003
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Private Lynch signs $1m book deal
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Private Lynch signs $1m book deal: "The American soldier Jessica Lynch, who was rescued by US special forces after being taken prisoner in Iraq, has signed a $1m book deal with publisher Alfred A Knopf.
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story will be co-written by former New York Times reporter Rick Bragg and detail her journey from rural West Virginia to becoming a national hero. "
"Private Lynch was subsequently awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious combat service, a Prisoner of War medal and the Purple Heart medal, which is usually awarded to those wounded in combat."
(or of course car accidents).
Initial reports that she had been shot and stabbed as she fought fiercely against her attackers later turned out to be untrue.
A US army investigation concluded that Private Lynch's convoy had stumbled into enemy territory after their severely fatigued commander misread a map and that she was injured when her vehicle crashed into another in the convoy."
(see, the ONLY source of her injuries)
An investigation by the BBC's Correspondent programme said the story of the rescue was "one of the most stunning pieces of news management ever conceived".
But Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said any claims that the facts of Private Lynch's rescue were misrepresented by the US military were "void of all facts and absolutely ridiculous".
(ahh, but we know better, don't we?)..
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story will be co-written by former New York Times reporter Rick Bragg and detail her journey from rural West Virginia to becoming a national hero. "
"Private Lynch was subsequently awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious combat service, a Prisoner of War medal and the Purple Heart medal, which is usually awarded to those wounded in combat."
(or of course car accidents).
Initial reports that she had been shot and stabbed as she fought fiercely against her attackers later turned out to be untrue.
A US army investigation concluded that Private Lynch's convoy had stumbled into enemy territory after their severely fatigued commander misread a map and that she was injured when her vehicle crashed into another in the convoy."
(see, the ONLY source of her injuries)
An investigation by the BBC's Correspondent programme said the story of the rescue was "one of the most stunning pieces of news management ever conceived".
But Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said any claims that the facts of Private Lynch's rescue were misrepresented by the US military were "void of all facts and absolutely ridiculous".
(ahh, but we know better, don't we?)..
