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Claims of GI Hostage in Iraq Raises Doubt (GI Joe dolls alert)
AP ^ | Febuary 1, 2005 | unknown

Posted on 02/01/2005 7:26:36 PM PST by xJones

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A Web site posted a photograph of what it claimed was a kidnapped U.S. soldier, but doubts were quickly raised about its authenticity and the U.S. military said no soldiers were missing.

An American toy manufacturer said the figure in the photo resembled one of its military action figures, originally produced for sale at U.S. bases in Kuwait.

The statement appeared on a Web site where militants' statements are often posted and was in the name of a group that has claimed previous kidnappings, the Mujahedeen Brigades.

The Arabic text, however, contained several misspellings and repetitions.

Staff Sgt. Nick Minecci, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said ``no units have reported anyone missing.''

The photo in the posting showed a figure dressed in desert fatigues, wearing a vest and knee pads and with a gun pointed to its head. All the items are similar to ones that come in a box with the action figure, named ``Cody.''

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: actionfigures; ap; barbie; gijoe; hoax; hostages; iraq; johnadam; ken
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To: M1Tanker

Your #17 is really stunning in several ways. Thanks for everything you do.


21 posted on 02/01/2005 7:47:38 PM PST by xJones
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

22 posted on 02/01/2005 7:49:55 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...............................................JEB..................................................)
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To: mainepatsfan
The New York Times will have a report on this tomorrow asserting that even though the soldier is fake the story is accurate.

STOP, y'all! my sides hurt

23 posted on 02/01/2005 7:51:25 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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To: xJones

24 posted on 02/01/2005 7:53:25 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...............................................JEB..................................................)
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To: xJones

Oh no! They have the guy from Team America!


25 posted on 02/01/2005 7:53:34 PM PST by rwilson99 (R) South Park)
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To: xJones

"If proven a fake, Tuesday's posting would not be the first hoax"

That's hilarious that they still leave open the possibility that the photo is authentic. Even without blowing it up it is obviously a ken doll.


26 posted on 02/01/2005 7:53:46 PM PST by orangelobster
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

27 posted on 02/01/2005 7:54:17 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...............................................JEB..................................................)
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To: xJones
Not again! When will the horror end?!

Abdulla: But how do we cut off this infidels head?

Mohammed: Cut below his eyes!

Abdulla: This infidel has many eyes!

(The saga continues....)

28 posted on 02/01/2005 7:55:35 PM PST by kjenerette (Jenerette for Senate - www.jenerette.com - U.S. Army Desert Storm)
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
It's like how Al Gore sold his soul to the Communist Chinese, but was brought down when he lied about his dog's arthritis medicine.

It's that old "Oh, for the want of a horseshoe nail..." story. If only our schools taught (honest) history...

29 posted on 02/01/2005 7:55:51 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

On WSB radio news, the newsette was laughing as she told the story.


30 posted on 02/01/2005 7:55:56 PM PST by eyespysomething (I'm speechless here, but don't worry, it won't last long. Ask my husband.)
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To: Fledermaus
Bush captures Bin Laden.

Good one!

31 posted on 02/01/2005 7:58:49 PM PST by Ciexyz (I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
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To: kjenerette

They'll have to pry my cold dead fingers off all those #*** Beanies Babies I had to buy.:)


32 posted on 02/01/2005 8:01:23 PM PST by xJones
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To: xJones

Just seeing this picture makes it all worth wild...... I am just wondering, where were all these high paid "military advisors" (re: arm-chair generals) the media keeps on retainer? I'm just a Cavalry Officer and I spotted this in 2 seconds... what about these generals and colonels and Harvard/Berkley intellectuals?

Maybe I actually get to see real soldiers in real uniforms and handle real weapons a little bit more than the pundits do... Or maybe it's because I'm not out for the President's blood and to the devil with the facts like the media is.... (yes, I am yet another soldier who supports Bush... go figure, maybe the Left is wrong...again)

Like the question of licks to the center of a Tootsi-Pop, the world may never know...


33 posted on 02/01/2005 8:04:21 PM PST by M1Tanker (Proven Daily: Modern "progressive" liberalism is just NAZIism without the "twisted cross")
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To: stainlessbanner; All
So many of you have been so witty on this thread that it's impossible to keep up with replies.:)

It is serious though, that the MSM once again ran with a story that could be so easily shot down as a fake. I guess they see what they to see, and then don't even bother to use ordinary guide lines of verification.

34 posted on 02/01/2005 8:13:14 PM PST by xJones
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL; doug from upland; lainie; bd476

Special Agent, Huge G. Rexion stationed behind enemy lines was quickly alerted to the soldiers plight.

He hopped in the rear of a nearby F-18 piloted by John "El Gato" Gordo and quickly flew from Paris to Baghdad to help out in Operation Al-Asshat

Flying low over Baghdad, they thought they saw the Senator from Assachusetts parked on the Tigris River, but the yachtboy was delivering embargoed arms to Genghis Khan.

Rexion reconnotiered with LeBow, from the Netherlands 3rd Mountain Dragoons.

Rexion and LeBow contacted the combined forces assembled to deal with the problem. Their business was killing.....and business this day, would be good.

Fox News reports the rescue of the captured US toy solider, and the elimination of insurgent asshats in the Greater Baghdad Area....

35 posted on 02/01/2005 8:14:29 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: M1Tanker; xJones
block us from even reading it at my base

I'll bet they grant access to MSM websites. FR is more accurate and right on the money more times than MSM. FR has proven itself time and time again.

36 posted on 02/01/2005 8:22:27 PM PST by stainlessbanner (Don't mess with old guys wearing overhauls.)
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL!


37 posted on 02/01/2005 8:23:55 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...............................................JEB..................................................)
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To: kjenerette

" Abdulla: But how do we cut off this infidels head?


After today, it should be the infidolls head :-)


38 posted on 02/01/2005 8:31:02 PM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: M1Tanker
5. Smoke/Expo. Grenades on vest.
39 posted on 02/01/2005 8:49:13 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: BurbankKarl

Love the story board. :))


40 posted on 02/01/2005 8:52:26 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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