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TAPE: EF03/1005 IN_TIME: 01:39:59 DURATION: 3:38 SOURCES: APTN/ABC/DoD RESTRICTIONS: see shotlist DATELINE: Nasiriyah - 9 Nov 2003 and FILE SHOTLIST: FILE ABC - No Access Internet Elizabeth, West Virginia, 22 July 2003 1 Jessica Lynch being wheeled onto podium 2 Lynch's brother applauding her 3 Lynch wiping tears from her eyes FILE US Department of Defence Near Nasiriyah, 1 April 2003 4 Lynch being carried down stairs on stretcher 5 Lynch taken to helicopter 6 Helicopter taking off APTN Nasiriyah - November 9 2003 7 An-Nasiriya general hospital where Jessica Lynch was treated during war 8 Exterior hospital, zoom in to room where Jessica was treated 9 Hospital sign 10 Corridor inside hospital 11 Hospital worker 12 Exterior hospital room where Jessica Lynch was treated during her stay 13 Zoom in to sign on door to hospital room where Jessica was treated that reads: (In English and Arabic) 'Single Room' 14 Hospital bed where Jessica stayed 15 Dr Mahdi Khafazji (who treated Jessica Lynch) attending patients 16 Young patient 17 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Mahdi Khafazji, Doctor who treated Jessica Lynch: When she was brought to our hospital she was completely unconscious, bleeding from her skull - multiple fractures, about four fractures she had In addition, she had a fracture on the vertebral collar Can anybody do (sexual) intercourse with a patient with a fractured vertebrae? It's impossible to do that 18 Doctor's hands 19 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Mahdi Khafazji, Doctor who treated Jessica Lynch: We have seen the patient from the first day to the day of the operation When we have settled her to do (an) internal fixation for her fractured femur We have cleaned her body completely, me and my assistant, and there were no signs of injury, superficial injuries to her genitalia, or to the back or to the front There are no signs of anything We have cleaned the genitalia, her anus from the debris and faeces and there is not any sign of raping No external signs of raping 20 Nurse Furad Mohsen, walking in hospital 21 Nurse treating patient in ward 22 SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Furad Mohsen, Nurse who treated Jessica Lynch: No one raped her, or assaulted her We were with her, no one abandoned her How did he get into her room? Where did he (the alleged rapist) come from - the roof? This allegation is totally wrong 23 Various of intensive care unit where Jessica was also treated at the hospital STORYLINE: An Iraqi doctor who treated former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch dismissed claims made in her biography that she was raped by her captors Although Lynch said she has no memory of the sexual assault, medical records cited in the book - I am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story - indicate that she was raped and sodomised by her Iraqi captors The book - due to be released Tuesday - covers Lynch's experience between March 23 when her 507th Maintenance Company convoy was ambushed in Nasiriyah and April 1 when she was evacuated from a hospital by US commandos Lynch suffered broken bones to her right arm, right leg and thighs and ankle and received a head injury when her Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and crashed into another vehicle Eleven soldiers were killed in the attack Dr Mahdi Khafazji, an orthopedic surgeon at Nasiriyah's main hospital performed surgery on Lynch to repair a fractured femur and said he found no signs of rape Khafazji said he examined her extensively and did not detect any signs of rape He said: There is no signs of injury No external signs of raping Also speaking at the hospital on Sunday, a nurse who also treated Jessica Lynch denied that Jessica could have been raped Furad Mohsen said that during her treatment at the hospital Jessica was never left unguarded She said: No one raped her, or assaulted her We were with her, no one abandoned her How did he get into her room? Where did he (the alleged rapist) come from - the roof? This allegation is totally wrong