Saving Beeb's Privates - The

Saving Beeb's Privates - The WashTimes piles another rock on the BBC's claims that the Lynch Raid was a fabrication.

Special Operations and defense officials discussed the mission in interviews this week to rebut what they consider an inaccurate report by the British Broadcasting Corp.
The state-supported network, whose coverage was generally critical of the war in Iraq, charged that the U.S. Central Command staged the mission as a public relations stunt. It also said the commandos fired blanks inside Pfc. Lynch's hospital prison for cinematic effect.
U.S. officials have adamantly denied the charge. They say no shots — blanks or otherwise — were fired by the Navy SEAL-led team inside Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah, south of Baghdad.

The article goes on to cite something about about five million blogs pointed out:

After Baghdad fell April 9, the same specially trained SEAL unit went on to capture the majority of wanted senior Iraqi leaders on Central Command's "deck of cards." In Afghanistan, some of the SEALs had comprised Task Force 11, a secret unit dedicated to catching senior al Qaeda terrorists.
"These are not the type of guys who carry blanks," an official said.

I notice that while most of the smarter left-wing pundits never really ran with this story, even some of the smarter among the more myopic ones are starting to drop it.

Which, of course, doesn't include Dennis Kucinich.

Posted by Mitch at June 10, 2003 07:11 AM