They Really Hate Us, You

They Really Hate Us, You Know - The Iraqi man who tipped us off about PFC Lynch didn't seem to resent Americans too deeply for conquering most of his country...:

Mohammed watched as the man slapped the American woman with his open palm, then again with the back of his hand. In that instant, Mohammed recalled today, he resolved to do something. The next day, when the man in black was not around, Mohammed sneaked in to see the young woman.

"Don't worry, don't worry," he told her. He was going to help.

As he recounted the events today, that decision set in motion one of the most dramatic moments in the first two weeks of the war in Iraq. Five days after Mohammed located U.S. Marines and told them what he knew, Black Hawk helicopters swooped in under cover of darkness, touching down next to the six-story hospital, and a team of heavily-armed commandos stormed the building. With hand-scrawled maps from Mohammed and his wife, the commandos quickly found the injured Pfc. Jessica Lynch and spirited her away to safety.

It'll be interesting to see how many of these things happen as we close in on Baghdad.

Posted by Mitch at April 4, 2003 06:24 AM