It's just a coincidence...

A few nights ago I saw a preview of Saving Jessica Lynch.  It was all I could do to contain the gray matter. 

I was extremely busy and without access to a computer during the "rescue."  A week after Pfc. Lynch was returned to American custody, I heard incredulous stories of a heroic young soldier, Rambo-style shooting at the enemy until out of bullets, and who endured stab wounds and torture until she was dramatically rescued in perfect made-for TV fashion. 

And then the BBC aired the infamous documentary, essentially labeling the Pentagon's version of events as a work of fiction.  I trust the BBC over the Pentagon.

Sure enough, Pfc Lynch has selective amnesia and cannot remember the events of her capture and rescue, though that hasn't stopped her from a million dollar book deal with the NY Times most recent plagiarist du jour, Rick Bragg.

When the Department of Defense insisted on keeping up their official version of the rescue, I knew that inevitably some of Lynch's rescuers would be hushed.  After all, here is a woman who endured a few broken limbs from a vehicle accident and is rewarded with a million bucks, while her rescuers continue to live without toilets and running water in a Depleted Uranium wasteland.  Her Bronze Star has outraged many veterans.  At some point even the threat of an untimely demise will not keep some disgruntled military folks from talking.

Eerily enough, four of Pfc. Lynch's rescuers and colleagues have met an early demise.   

Petty Officer First Class David M. Tapper died of wounds received in Afghanistan.  He took part in the  rescue.

Lance Cpl. Sok Khak Ung was killed in a drive-by shooting.  He was also part of the rescue team. 

Spc Josh Daniel Speer died when his car crashed into some trees for no apparent reason.  He was part of the rescue team. 
Kyle Edward Williams, who worked in the same company as Lynch,  died of "suicide".

"A Tucson man was shot to death outside a West Side hotel Wednesday after breaking into a vehicle and being confronted by its owner, an Army soldier, who shot him in the back and fled, police said Friday.

The soldier, Spc. Kyle Edward Williams, 21, was found dead outside San Diego on Thursday and officials believe he committed suicide with one of the seven firearms he had been carrying with him.

He left no note to explain the suicide or why he fired six shots at Noah P. Gamez, also 21, after spotting the man stealing an ice chest from his Jeep.

Williams spent seven months in the Middle East as part of the 507th Maintenance Company, the same unit as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, Army officials said.

He didn't have any disciplinary or mental health problems before he left Fort Bliss, Texas, at the end of September for 20 days of leave before moving to a new military job, the officials said."

But this statistically improbable occurrence is just a coincidence.

NOTE:  This site was updated on 10/29/2003 to include the links to the soldiers' deaths.  One line in the article was amended to reflect that Spc Speer crashed into trees rather than driving over an emabankment.  Initial reports indicated the embankment scenerio, but the hometown newspaper of Spc Speer mentions his drove his car into some trees.  Either way, he died prematurely and without witnesses.  It is not known how or why his car veered off the road.

I posted a lengthy update on this called "Anatomy of a Rumor"  at  .  When I first wrote down my suspicions, I had no idea that it would circulate to thousands of people.  The updtae is a clarification of some of the reasons I suspect these deaths were not all coincidental.

Comments

[JamesB4]

Nope. Can't be a coincidence, not to the tin-foil hat crowd.

What needs to be "hushed" up? Is there anything about Jessica's capture and rescue that we don't know about?

[Lukas]

Any links to these stories?

[Charles]

I think it was a disgrace to give her the Bronze Star, yes Give because she didn't earn it. a bronze star for what was essentially a traffic accident, well at least they didn't name a mountain after her.

[Jeff Greer]

Only 4? Bush has a long way to go to catch up to Clinton.

[rickster]

Does anyone ever check facts? Anyone look into this claim? Where are the references? A claim is not a fact. It's easy to jump to a conclusion, but it takes much longer to get back to reality. I'm not saying this isn't true, just that saying it doesn't make it true. Where are your references that these soldiers were in the group that rescued Jessica? Where are your references that these soldiers died?

[karmakat]

The links didn't make it into my original post for some reason. I did a follow up called "Anatomy of a Rumor" which includes hyperlinks to the article of the soldiers deaths.

The only error I came up with when adding the links was Speer's death. Initial reports said he drove off a cliff, but his hometown newspapers said he drove into some trees. Either way, he died in a car accident with no witnesses to the event.

KAT

[anti-jessica]

what was there to hush up!?

the "rescuers" encountered no resistance -- the US military lied.

jessica was well treated by the iraqi hospital staff -- the US military lied.

the iraqi hostpital staff treated jessica BETTER than they treated their own people -- the US military lied.

the iraqi hospital staff tried to give jessica back, but they were fired upon by US troops, even though they were in an ambulance. the US military tells us she was saved by a "hero" iraqi lawyer -- who now gets a visa to the US and also gets a $500,000 book deal. -- once again, the US military lied.

private jessica has not said even ONE WORD of thanks to the people who saved her life -- she only thanked the fake "hero." she's accepted a huge book deal and refuses to ackowledge the people who saved her life. private jessica is an ugly, ugly LIAR.

one correction to this article is in order... Sok Khak Ung was not killed in a drive-by. He was at a party and someone shot over a fence and killed him (and then got away).

the hero-myth is especailly important for the american murderers to maintain. the pentagon can hold up the LIAR private jessica as an inspiration to millions, but it's all based on LIES.

[noel forresst]

I do believe that there is much more to this. Who and where are those who were part of this operation? What did they see and what do they know that is such value that they are a liability? The answers are with those that remain alive and it is common knowledge that the more visable you make yourself the safer you are in this type of situation. Eventually, if there is more to this than coincidence (which I do believe there is)someone will have the courage to come forward.

[englishman]

Lots of people reading this cannot see that there are many links in the text.
The links are not clear enough and only really become apparent when you run your mouse over them.
Readers: check it out ... Webmaster: sort it out.

[harold]

Williams is perhaps the only soldier who had nothing to do with the rescue of Lynch as Special Forces operators are usually not part of a maint. unit. Still, 3 soldiers lost, all having been part of the rescue team???? Maybe there is something to the suggestion that there is a conspiracy, but I doubt it.

[Wilson Boozer]

Since the “rescue,” I have given a great deal of thought to the way the networks will present the story. First, the star probably will be Pamela Anderson. It will be a challenge for the makeup department to portray her as nineteen, but she has the necessary physical equipment for the part. She will be clad in skin-tight fatigues (they probably no longer call them that) that will reveal bountiful dewy cleavage to be heaved during stressful scenes.

There will be a battle scene with her wearing bandoleers, Rambo style, spitting fiery death from her machine gun, until she is overwhelmed by the sinister forces of Saddam, while kicking and screaming patriotic epithets at her captors. Yielding to multiple wounds, she will finally be subdued because of blood loss after littering the ground with the corpses of her adversaries.

Once she is safely in custody, she will be slapped silly by one of Saddam’s officers, but she will never vouchsafe critical information about troop movements, strategy, etc. Using what is left of her waning strength, she will knee him in the cajones just before she passes out. It goes without saying that the attempt of her captors to return her to American lines will not be shown, nor will we see the care delivered to her by the Iraqi medical people. And of course, that the Iraqi army had left the hospital the previous day will not be revealed.

The “rescue” will take place with Green Beret types rappelling from helicopters, armed to the teeth. The Iraqi army will scurry in terror from the invading troops as the door is kicked in. The commander will gently murmur to Jessica that her ordeal is over.

Fade to credits.

[Me Here]

Me I just Laugh at you americans, 90% of you Sheeple are sucking this up as much as Arnie's glory of going from Hollywood Actor to Govt Actor ...... Let the comedy go on >... At least you yanks make war humourous !!

[Gordane]

In Oregon the family of the soldier

who actually died in the firefight from

the wounds that were initially attributed to pfc. Lynch believe the

Pentagon should at least grant him

a posthumous distinguished service cross.

Their name is Walsh and I agree.

[admirer]

BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO! You only left out one important piece to the flick--After the commdr murmurs to Jessica about the ordeal being over, she is supposed to respond "What ordeal. Who the hell are you and why are you here? How did I get here?" She says all this selectively of course.

[JH]

Thought you'd like to see this, Jim.

[Wondering]

There are real heros in Iraq risking their lives everyday for a bunch of White House lies. The Pentagon can't afford to have a high profile story discovered to be false.

[Brent]

Im not sure about the other deaths but suicide should not be italicized. I dont know the exact figures but I think you will find that a great portion of military personnel commit suicide after a time in war, also, that portion increases when they are in the special forces. There is a tremendous amount of psychological pressure on these men. I am not discrediting or crediting the conspiracy theory laid out; just stating some facts. Furthermore, I think that a "statistically improbable occurrence" is far cry when discussing the probability of events. As a former Marine, I knew guys in special forces and found those men to be more of risk takers, per se, than the average individual. Thus, if I were to juxtapose a group of men in the special forces and a group of men in a college fraternity, I think that you would find inherent differences in their actions, reactions, and lifestyles. With that being said, the use of "statistically improbable occurrence" is nothing more than a gross overstatement.

[Weed_em_out]

in reply to wondering Oct 29 2003....If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance....bamboozzle 'em with bullshit.
"the use of "statistically improbable occurrence" is nothing more than a gross overstatement."
Yeah Right !!!!!!!!

p.s.
did I spell bamboozle correctly?

[Hi Digger]

Jessica Lynch is a coward being used by the USA media to coerce male soldiers to give up their life fighting for the safety of Zionist Nazis in their stolen lands. The USA media has manufactured this heroine to get media-dumbed-down White males to toe the line by fighting angry Moslems in the Zionist's proxy war being fought by innocent Americans. What Jessica Lynch reveals to mankind is how low unscrupulous animals can stoop to achieve "success" in the hands of the Zionist propaganda apparatus that the main USA media is.

[Amanda]

B.S. is B.S.
The pitiful fact that Jessica Lynch has decided
to take a part in this farce as opposed to
telling the truth earns her the moniker
of "Traitor", not hero.
How can she show her face in public while
espousing these lies, especially while so many others are trying to live out each day without
casuality ?! They aren't looking for a movie deal,
thay just want to make it home---alive and well.

[aen rabion]

is that all u guys can say?
the whole of mid east will finally be in the hands of those zion-christians perverts until
the promise of God happens.
make no mistake
mark my words.

[Aussie]

This might be of interest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/29/wlynch29.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/29/ixnewstop.html

Jessica Lynch snubs Iraqi who helped to free her
By Marcus Warren in New York
(Filed: 29/10/2003)

A journey to the home town of Jessica Lynch by the Iraqi lawyer who helped to free the young American soldier ended in embarrassment for all concerned when she snubbed him.

Miss Lynch, portrayed as a heroine of our times for her courage while a prisoner of war, was too busy to receive the visitor, her family's lawyer said.

[Aussie]

The URL didn't post righ so heres the ending after the word "sheet"

=/news/2003/10/29/ixnewstop.html

[Gordane]

On Oct. 3, CNN very briefly carried a

story of an investigation into the possible friendly fire killing of 10

marines by an Air Force A-10 warthog

in the "battle" of An Nasariyah on

March 23rd - the day pfc. Lynch was

captured in that city. I did some other business and went back to it about a

half-hour later but it was gone and no mention of that investigation has come up anywhere else.

Obviously this under reported event

could pertain to the Lynch mythology.

Do any of you folks know someting to share sbout this?

[Gordane]

On Oct. 3, CNN very briefly carried a

story of an investigation into the possible friendly fire killing of 10

marines by an Air Force A-10 warthog

in the "battle" of An Nasariyah on

March 23rd - the day pfc. Lynch was

captured in that city. I did some other business and went back to it about a

half-hour later but it was gone and no mention of that investigation has come up anywhere else.

Obviously this under reported event

could pertain to the Lynch mythology.

Do any of you folks know someting to share sbout this?