Israeli intelligence reportedly gave U.S. forces the first tip into the whereabouts of POW Jessica Lynch. Contradicting earlier reports that an Iraqi civilian tipped off U.S. forces, Rep. Tom Lantos (D- Calif.) said Israeli intelligence provided the United States with the first information that Lynch and five of her comrades were being held in an Iraqi hospital in Nasiriyah, the New York Post reported.
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