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Because Each Life is Precious
Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief with Jeff Coplon
$23.95 / Hardcover
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ISBN:
0-06-059054-8
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HarperCollins
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Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch
"The front lines in Nasiriya were changing by the day, the hour. I knew the
Marines were based some miles to the south and east of the city, but getting
to them would take a miracle. To drive would be suicide - along the route I'd
be taking, any vehicle moving toward the Americans could be targeted by the
Iraqi army. To walk would mean hours of dodging the fedayeen and hours more in
no-man's-land, where I might be shelled from both sides. Even if I reached the
Marines and convinced them not to shoot me, there was no guarantee they would
trust my story about the girl. I might do all of this for nothing."
For thirty-three-year-old Mohammed al-Rehaief, this decision - whether to risk
his life and everything he held dear to save Private First Class Jessica
Lynch, an American soldier he did not know - was more than the everyday
reckoning with death that permeates wartime. It was the culmination of a life
spent at odds with the repressive regime that held his country.
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