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Iraqi Docs: Jessica Lynch Was Not Raped

HeadlineNov 13, 2003

The Iraqi doctors who treated Jessica Lynch have rejected reports that suggest Lynch was raped after her capture in Iraq. One doctor said “If she had been raped there is no way she could have survived it. She was fighting for her life, her body was broken. What sort of an animal would even think of that?” Lynch has said she does not remember any sexual assault but her new authorized biography written by former New York Times report Rick Bragg says U.S. military records indicate she was raped. Lynch has returned to the spotlight this week following the airing of a docudrama Sunday and the publication of the biography. Lynch however has been critical of her portrayal by the U.S. military. In her first TV interview she said “They used me as a way to symbolize all this stuff. It’s wrong.”

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