[Howlin]

Somebody HAS to answer for this:

Iraq Group Says Holds U.S. Soldier
Reuters ^ | 2/1/05 | Reuters


Posted on 02/01/2005 12:27:11 PM EST by 1LongTimeLurker


DUBAI (Reuters) - A little-known Iraqi insurgent group said on Tuesday it was holding a U.S. soldier and threatened to kill him within 72 hours if Iraqi prisoners were not released, according to an Internet statement.

"Our mujahideen ... have managed to capture the American soldier John Adam after killing a number of his colleagues," said the Mujahideen Squadrons in the undated statement.

It carried a picture appearing to show a U.S. soldier sitting in front of a black banner with a rifle pointed at his head. The authenticity of the claim, which did not say where the man was seized, could not be verified.

"We will cut his throat in 72 hours if our male and female prisoners in the occupation jails are not released," it said.

A group using the same name, Mujahideen Squadrons, last month claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Brazilian engineer in Iraq (news - web sites).

Insurgents in Iraq, including al Qaeda's wing in Iraq, have been waging attacks on U.S.-led forces since they invaded the country in 2003.









AP and CNN ran with this story!



Dog, do you have a link to that thread??

[nunya bidness]

That's got my vote. Hands down.

[Bars4Bill]

Ah, yes. The media orgasms when an action figure doll was "captured."

[eyespysomething]

My vote is the fake soldier hostage.

[tgslTakoma]

Very good nomination, Howlin; and it will make a great visual to taunt the limosine liberal elite MSM with. The MSM is so blinded by their hatred of anything "America" that they either fell for the kidnap photo OF A G.I. Joe type doll, or they knew it was a fake photo but they wanted to try and cause more hand-wringing and quagmire whining from their commentator brethren - to lower support polling for Iraq actions.

Either way, it's a great example of MSM fact-checking.