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A Hero Named Mohammed
I'm sure you've probably already heard about the Iraqi who helped save the female POW, but if not....
OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM
How 'Mohammad' helped save POW
Brave Nasiryah lawyer gave Marines critical info to aid in Lynch's rescue
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Posted: April 3, 2003
6:27 p.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
An Iraqi lawyer and his family provided the U.S. military with critical information about the whereabouts of former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch, enabling her to be rescued, according to a report on the Marines website.
The Iraqi is being identified only as "Mohammad" for his own protection.
"I came to the hospital to visit my wife," said the man whose wife was a nurse. "I could see much more security than normal."
Mohammad says he asked one of the doctors why the hospital had increased security.
"He told me there was a woman American soldier there," Mohammad said.
Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch smiles following her rescue by Special Forces
He says he then went looking for the American, who was in the hospital suffering from two broken legs and a broken arm, injuries presumably suffered during a firefight preceding her capture on March 23. Peering through the window of her hospital room, he witnessed an Iraqi colonel slapping Lynch.
"My heart stopped," Mohammad said. "I knew then I must help her be saved. I decided I must go to tell the Americans."
Mohammad, a Nasiryah resident, walked 10 kilometers to inform U.S. Marines that the 19-year-old woman was being held in the town's Saddam Hussein Hospital.
He says he approached a U.S. checkpoint with his hands high in the air.
"[A Marine sentry] asked, 'What you want?' " Mohammad said. "I want to help you. I want to tell you important information ? about Jessica!"
According to the report, the Marines to whom Mohammad talked gave him instructions to return to the hospital and take note of the number of guards, the hospital's layout and other details.
After he went back to the hospital, Mohammad, as Lynch's captors discussed amputating her leg, leaned down to the prisoner and whispered, "Don't worry."
The Iraqi informant carefully recorded information about the hospital and the security forces guarding Lynch.
"I went to see the security," he said. "I watched where they stood, where they sat, where they ate and when they slept."
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