Posted on 02/01/2005 2:09:59 PM PST by TheDoctorNoh
Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners. The U.S. military said it was investigating, but the claim's authenticity could not be immediately confirmed.
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For a very funny thread on how freepers completely dismantled the MSM in about ten minutes, read this thread. It was posted around 2:30; over an hour before the AP understood they had been HAD.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333731/posts
Im calling Mattel
We have 72 hours before they take him out of the original package and he will lose all value.
Wrong link....
In normal businesses, a screw-up of this magnitude would result with someone saying, figuratively, "Heads will roll!".....in this case, it may be literal.....
They have gone too far. Next they will abduct an American Girl soldier. Those disgusting bastards.
Oops - sorry.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333608/posts
It was on this day, 01 Feb 05, that the terrorists in Iraq completely jumped the shark. They will never get their legitimacy back from this one, no matter what they do.
this is of the same bent as the fake shoot down claim
on the C-130
apparently they've hired Baghdad Bob as their PR & Propaganda man
The insurgency has jumped the shark.*
*Jumping the shark refers to the "Happy Days" episode in which blah blah blah blah blah...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333518/posts?page=59#59
I hope these idiots know that if they behead the doll, the will void their warranty.......
>>They are now moving into the realm of self-parody...
This is the first thing they've ever done that has elicited something other than contempt from me. They're either blithering morons or they have a sense of humor.
Hmmmm, so hard to choose...
Boy, if they do this to a black G.I. Joe, imagine what they will do with a Barbie. These folks are true savages!
I'm thinking that we've captured or killed all the smart terrorists and all that's left are the not-so-smart ones..
Y'mean like THIS?
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