May 05, 2003

Say Lynch has amnesia

Rescued POW Jessica Lynch doesn't remember anything about her time in captivity in Iraq, according to reports.

Lynch, 19, who was snatched by Special Forces from an Iraqi hospital April 1, suffered severe injuries but has been unable to tell investigators how she was injured and whether she was mistreated, Fox News said.
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She basically has amnesia, and has mentally blocked out the horrible things we strongly believe she went through," a U.S. official said. Lynch is being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Poor Jessica.
I guess we should still keep her on the daily prayer list.
I'm not worried about the U.S. having enough material to try certain Iraqis for war crimes, but I know that unless and until Private Lynch deals with these memories--as awful as I'm sure they are--she won't heal mentally or be able to get on with her life.
God Speed in your healing,Ms. Lynch.
May He give you the inner strength to deal with what the evil ones did to you and your fellow soldiers--it wasn't your fault.