Web Site Claims GI Captured in Iraq

My Way News ^ | February 1, 2005 | ROBERT H. REID

[Zeroisanumber]

Unusual that a soldier would be taken alone, especially since the one in the photo is all kitted out. If this isn't a hoax then that guy was definately in some place that he shouldn't have been when he was captured.

[general_re]

Too late - Reuters has picked it up, and the story has spread to at least 200+ outlets now, according to Google News. I think Reuters will be scraping some egg off of its face relatively soon ;)

[Peach]

Dog and Blackrain and a few other freepers have uncovered a hoax the terrorists are playing on the American media.

[Lazamataz]

IT'S A DOLL!!!!
AP / THE NEWS HAS BEEN SPOOFED AGAIN!!!

Another Buckhead / CBS / Dan RatherMemogate Moment!

Credit to Tatze for showing me this.

[Dog]

Kevin.....found another thing..the snaps on the front of the vest match up......the vest on the soldier and the vest in the doll kit have the snaps in the exact same place on the vest.

[faithincowboys]

I say this reluctantly, if this guy really is a US Soldier, I wouldn't be surprised if this "Captured" soldier is a willing
accomplice. He might be a Muslim who is cooperating with the insurgency to regain some of the momentum they lost on election day.

[mlbford2]

Also, they painted the dolls eyes black so it would not give the doll eyes(doll stare) away. Look at the photo. His eyes have been blacked out.

[Lazamataz]

Buckhead is dead. All Hail to the new Buckhead!

[Tatze]

Excellent research work! I was suspicious with the name, "John Adam". I looked at the picture above and said that wasnt a real person. It looks like a doll. This confirms it. I figured someone was joking around with that picutre, but it is the same pic from the news story.

Way to go. The Pajamahadeen strikes again!!!

[johniegrad]

Then again he might be made out of plastic.

[Peach]

Wasn't me. Dog asked me to post this because he said on another thread there was something suspicious about the picture.

I don't know enough about uniforms to see it, but did think the vest looked like the pockets were filled with whatever typically goes in those pockers and that seems unusual that a captured soldier would be permitted to keep ANY equipment.

[DTogo]

You nailed it! You can also tell by where the poured concrete wall meets the floor, and the way the flag curls at the ends. Definitely fake.

[general_re]

I think it's Reuters that got burned on this one and not AP, not that it makes much difference...

[faithincowboys]

Wow, it really does look like that doll. Weird.

[KOZ.]

congrats!!

[KevinDavis]

You can tell by the face also..

[Lazamataz]

If possible, contact the Pentagon and let them know about this thread.

[Republican Red]

I sent it to Drudge with a link to this thread giving BlackRain the credit.

Drudge doesn't like us at FR but even he would appreciate this.

BTW, to send something to Drudge use the form on his site.

[armymarinemom]

One thing I have noticed is that troops often only wear one kneepad.

[Lazamataz]

Drudge is going to splash this all over. IT'S A FRICKIN DOLL!