ok, that's the problem... the A HREF is wrapping the thumbnail and preventing the download logic from firing...
change the entire text from...
<A HREF="[IMAGE]" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="[THUMBNAIL]" BORDER=0 ALT=""></a>
to ...
if you want the image to trigger a download, you can't use the A HREF or IMG SRC tags, as that will just display a image. By simply using the [IMAGE] token and setting the XML DOWNLOAD setting to true, the module will replace the [IMAGE] token with an ImageButton, and then clicking on the image will trigger the download logic.