http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030923/tv_nm/leisure_lynch_dc&cid=597&ncid=1618DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Army hero Jessica Lynch is Canadian, snipers loyal to Saddam Hussein crouch on a roof flanked by the skyscraper that was home to television's J.R. Ewing and the streets of the Iraqi city of Nassiriya are near downtown Dallas.
Welcome to the world of NBC's made-for-television movie "Saving Jessica Lynch" where Iraq meets Texas in the telling of the 20-year-old Army private's ordeal in Iraq.
"That is the magic of movies that we are selling Nassiriya right below the Dallas sky line. We brought Iraq to Texas, and we made it work," said Dan Paulson, the movie's executive producer.
Lynch, a supply clerk, was captured by Iraqi forces on March 23 near Nassiriya. Eleven other U.S. soldiers were killed and nine wounded in the incident. Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos on April 1 from a hospital where she had received care from Iraqi medical personnel.
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