little girl rambo

'Little girl Rambo' decries US propaganda


Mark Tran
Tuesday April 24, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Former US private, Jessica Lynch, listens to testimony during hearings conducted by the House committee on oversight and government reform in Washington.......

The former US private Jessica Lynch today condemned what she said were Pentagon efforts to turn her into a "little girl Rambo", and accused military chiefs of using "elaborate tales" to try to make her into a hero of the Iraq war.

Speaking at a congressional hearing on the use of misleading information, an emotional Ms Lynch described how she suffered horrific injuries when her vehicle was hit by a rocket near the Iraqi town of Nasiriya in March 2003, killing several of her companions..... Ms Lynch has criticised Pentagon efforts to use her for propaganda purposes before. But her appearance today, before the House committee on oversight and government reform, chaired by an ardent Bush administration critic, congressman Henry Waxman, inevitably will take on a political dimension at a time when the White House is under strong pressure on Iraq.........

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