BS: POW RESCUED

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 11:40 PM

thanks dave for the info no formal reason at all for the quotation marks

in general i think we all need to get off each others backs for the little things mudcat seems so edgy and carpy lately

katmaybegoingtoalleecummingsmode

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:24 PM

Well danged! Don't mess with these Wes Ginny gals. I'm glad as all get out that we got this one back. Hard to find 'em under 200 pounds 'round these parts!

Awww, jus funnin'. Ya' can do that with good news.

But seriously, this is wonderful news but I did say a prayer for the families of the 11 folks whose bodies were found.

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:12 PM

The word "god" may be either a common noun or a proper noun.

If that word is used as a name of a diety, or if it is essentially a title for the regnant diety of a culture, it takes a capital G.

If it is used as the name of a class of referent, such as "a god", or "their god" (in other words, a common noun), it takes a lower case G.

Kat was correct in her capitalization, although I can't think of a formal reason for the quotes.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 06:55 PM

My prayers go out for her and her family. May god or God or Allah or whoever watch over the brave, kind person responsible for her rescue.

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Mrrzy
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 06:48 PM

Since it seems it was the armed forces that got her out, I'd credit the real people involved, personally, and bully for them, says the pacifist anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 05:32 PM

O'sda Utugi for Stacey.

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 04:34 PM

Damn, Troll, this is the second posting we've seen today where we completely agree with you. Who would have thought?

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 02:22 PM

Love you, too, Bro and thanks, but it doesn't have a capital "g" in my book unless I am modifying it with other monikers.:-)

And, yes, the past couple of days have been a bit trying, 3D-wise.:-)

luvyakatSis

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: GUEST,Norton1
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 12:08 PM

Jan and I were both cheering this at the news last night! The story from Central Command is that an Iraqi citizen slipped a note to one of the troops and told the troop that "she is being torured."

The note even gave the exact room she was in. MSNBC has a video on it - very cool -

What's the matter Sis - having a tough day? This is out of sorts for you. God has a capital "G" at the front of the word no matter whose it is. I'm not giving you a hard time - just saying let's celebrate the positive in this craziness - Love Ya Sis

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Troll
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 11:35 AM

Word is that the rescue team was taken to 11 other bodies, two in the hospital morgue and the others in a grave nearby. It is thought that at least two were Americans but there has been no ID as yet on any of them. Forensics is working on it.
"Never leaves them behind? That's why we still hear about them over in Viet Nam?" We never leave them behind IF we can find them kat. Sometimes it's not possible to find your wounded or dead and the reasons are many and varied. But we don't stop looking until ALL hope is gone or death is proven.

troll

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: JedMarum
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:46 AM

I second the thank God sentiments above, and agree with Kat - that prayers for safety, well-being and freedom be extended to all people.

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: JedMarum
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:44 AM

We do know that her rescue was the result of a deliberate search. A British reporter had a claim that a recently freed Iraqi had information that the POWs were being held in the hospital. The rescue effort was planned based upon that report.

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Charley Noble
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:15 AM

Yes, I'm pleased that Jessica Lynch was rescued. We don't know yet if her rescue was a happy accident or the product of a deliberate search. However, I hope she fully recovers and that the media leaves her in peace, but they won't.

Peace,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Beccy
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 08:58 AM

I'm so happy she's safe. The latest news reports say that she is suffering a broken arm, 2 broken legs and a couple of gunshot wounds. That poor girl probably had no idea what was going to happen to her. I surely do hope that others are similarly rescued.

Why put God in quotation marks, Kat? Do you really begrudge them crediting their faith in a moment like this?

Beccy

Subject: RE: BS: POW RESCUED
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 05:20 AM

Never leaves them behind? That's why we still hear about them over in Viet Nam?

This IS good news, though, thanks, Troll.

May their "god" also watch out for the others.

Subject: BS: POW RESCUED
From: Troll
Date: 02 Apr 03 - 03:11 AM

Here's a bit of good news. I think we can all agree on that.

                ASSOCIATED PRESS

                WASHINGTON (AP) -

                American troops on Tuesday rescued Army Pfc. Jessica
                Lynch, who had been held as a prisoner of war in Iraq
                since she and other members of her unit were ambushed
                March 23, the Defense Department announced.

                Lynch, 19, of Palestine, W.Va., had been missing with 11
                other U.S. soldiers from the 507th Maintenance Company.
                The unit was ambushed near Nasiriyah after making a
                wrong turn during early fighting in the invasion of Iraq. Five
                other members of her unit were later shown on Iraqi
                television answering questions from their Iraqi captors.

                U.S. troops rescued Lynch near where her unit was
                ambushed, said Jean Offutt, a spokeswoman for Fort
                Bliss, Texas. The 507th Maintenance is based at Fort
                Bliss.

                Lynch had been listed as missing in action but was
                identified by the Pentagon Tuesday as a POW. She was
                not among the seven U.S. soldiers - including the five
                from the 507th shown on television - formally listed as
                prisoners of war.

                Offutt said she did not know whether Lynch had been
                wounded or when she might return to the United States.

                The rescued soldier's hometown erupted in celebration at
                the news.

                "They said it was going to be the biggest party this road
                had ever seen," Lynch's cousin Sherri McFee said as fire
                and police sirens blared in the background.

                "Everybody was really worried ... but we all remained
                hopeful and knew she would be home," McFee said.

                Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks at Central Command
                headquarters in Qatar announced that a U.S. POW had
                been rescued but refused to provide any further details.

                In a brief statement, Brooks said: "Coalition forces have
                conducted a successful rescue mission of a U.S. Army
                prisoner of war held captive in Iraq. The soldier has been
                returned to a coalition-controlled area."

                Central Command officials in Qatar, speaking on
                condition of anonymity, said Lynch was rescued from a
                hospital in Iraq.

                Fifteen other Americans are formally listed as missing.
                The other POWs include two Army Apache helicopter
                pilots captured March 24 after their helicopter went down.

                The 507th Maintenance was attacked during some of the
                first fighting in Nasiriyah, a Euphrates River-crossing city
                where sporadic battles have raged since U.S. troops first
                reached it. Troops and military officials have said much of
                the fighting there has involved members of the Fedayeen
                Saddam and other Iraqi paramilitaries who have dressed
                as civilians and ambushed Americans.

                Lynch, an aspiring teacher, joined the Army to get an
                education and take advantage of a rare opportunity in a
                farming community with an unemployment rate of 15
                percent - one of the highest in West Virginia.

                She was also following in the footsteps of her older
                brother Gregory, a National Guard member based in Fort
                Bragg, N.C. Jessica enlisted through the Army's
                delayed-entry program before graduating from Wirt
                County High School in Elizabeth.

                "You would not believe the joys, cries, bawling, hugging,
                screaming, carrying on," said Lynch's cousin, Pam
                Nicolais, when asked Tuesday about the rescue. "You just
                have to be here."

                Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., called the rescue a
                miracle.

                "God watched over Jessica and her family," Rockefeller
                said through a spokesman in Washington. "All of West
                Virginia is rejoicing. This is an amazing tribute to the skill
                and courage of our military."

                Central Command spokesman Jim Wilkinson said: "We
                also have others, other POWs we are just as worried
                about. This is good news today but we need a lot more
                good news."

                "America doesn't leave its heroes behind," Wilkinson
                added. "Never has. Never will."

                troll