Come-on, folks, the nay-saying is getting a bit out of hand. She was captured by the Iraqi army, so, by definition,she was a prisoner of war.   She was provided appropriate medical care, as required by international law. The BBC says that the American army knew the Iraqi army left the night before they pulled off their raid? So, should they have knocked on the door and walked in unarmed? And if they had come back, what then?

My own experience with the media leads me to disbelieve anything they say. and that includes the BS comments about her fighting until her last bullet was gone as well as the ones about her having bullet wounds when she was captured. The first real report on her condition described her as having a broken arm and leg, exactly as her condition was described by the Iraqi doctor in this article.

Find another victim, people. This is a nineteen year old who deserves something better.