More Re-Writing Of History: The Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman Stories

It seems that the more and more that we examine history, the more we realize that our media and government are nothing but liars and deceivers. We have to look no further than the recent events dealing with Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman, who were made heroes by the press and the US Army.

What really happened to these two individuals has rarely been told to the public. I am here to reveal the truth about exactly what happened with these two individuals:

Here is an article that will shed some light on the truth.

CiKEAS> Pentagon lied over ambush, reveals army 'heroine'

Sunny
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:03:03 -0700

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21622753-31477,00.html

Pentagon lied over ambush, reveals army 'heroine'

a.. Tim Reid, Washington

b.. April 26, 2007

JESSICA Lynch, the US Army private who became the heroic American face of the Iraq war when her convoy was ambushed after the invasion, has lambasted the Bush administration for lying about her ordeal.

Testifying to Congress yesterday - along with the brother of Pat Tillman, the US Army Ranger who gave up a lucrative career as an American football star only to be killed by his own platoon in Afghanistan - the two condemned the Pentagon's "deceit" in turning their disastrous experiences into false tales of heroism.

Ms Lynch was badly injured when her convoy was ambushed in Iraq on March 23, 2003, the third day of the war. The Pentagon initially said she was shot after emerging from her vehicle, guns blazing, before being abducted. But it later emerged she was injured in the ambush and was taken to an Iraqi hospital by Iraqi troops, and owes her life to Iraqi doctors, who even tried to return her to the US forces.

Speaking to the House oversight and government reform committee, Ms Lynch told of waking up in hospital with terrible injuries, unaware that the Pentagon was circulating to the world "the story of the little girl Rambo from the hills of West Virginia who went down fighting".

"It was not true," she said. "I'm still confused as to why they choose to lie and try to make me a legend. The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals for heroes, and they don't need to be told elaborate lies."

Kevin Tillman, in angry and emotional testimony, accused US army officials of destroying his brother's uniform, equipment and notebook, falsifying witness statements and rewriting the field hospital report to concoct an "inspirational" story that his brother had died leading a charge against enemy fighters in Afghanistan. For five weeks after his brother's death the Pentagon and the White House told that story, Mr Tillman said, including at his memorial service.

In fact, his brother's death came shortly after the rebellions in the Iraqi town of Najaf and Fallujah, the call-up of more troops for the war, and with White House knowledge that the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was about to break.

"Revealing that Pat's death was fratricide (friendly fire) would have been yet another political disaster ... so the facts needed to be suppressed," Mr Tillman said.

In addition to destroying and falsifying evidence, the Pentagon suppressed the findings of the investigation that reported his brother was killed by friendly fire, he said. His mother, Mary Tillman, accused former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld of being complicit. "These are intentional falsehoods that meet the legal definition of fraud," Mr Tillman said.

The Pentagon has said there was no cover-up, merely "errors of judgment which created the perception of concealment".

Mr Tillman said: "These are deliberate acts of deceit. This narrative was intended to deceive the family, but more importantly to deceive the American public. "We have concluded that our efforts are being thwarted by powers that are more interested in protecting a narrative than getting at the truth."

Henry Waxman, the Democratic chairman of the panel, said: "For Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman, the Government violated its most basic responsibility."

The Times

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NTS Notes: The media still refuses to this day to tell the truth about these incidents. Like I have always said to everyone: Do NOT believe in everything that the idiot box and the controlled newspapers tell you. Investigate and find out the truth for yourselves.

More to come

NTS