You guys heard about the American soldier being held in hostage in Iraq? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Lockjaw · 02-01-2005, 08:13 PM

Got up this morning and heard that an US trooper was being held hostage by the insurgency in Iraq and when I looked at the grainy pick I was like...that just looks fake.

Well....turns out it probably is a fake and that the "hostage" is a 12" action figure. And when you zoom in on the picture sure enough...there is a fake toy M-16 pointed at the hostages' head. I've seen just about everything now. And just to think this was reported all over the place today.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../ny11802012115

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This combination shows an image, left, posted on an Iraqi militant Web site on Tuesday Feb. 1, 2005 and an image provided by toy manufacturer Dragon Models USA of an action figure named ' Cody' in a box. The Web site posted the 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. Dragon Models USA, said the figure in the photo resembled one of its military action figures originally produced for sale at U.S. bases in Kuwait. (AP Photo/Dragon Models USA, HO)

I think I'm going to go buy one of those dolls now because of this.

JumpinJesus · 02-01-2005, 08:20 PM

Any idea on who spread this story? Motives? I'm too lazy to research it myself.

This does seem to be a more bizarre aspect of our media saturation and a truly odd story.

MikeyChalupa · 02-02-2005, 08:55 AM

I saw this last night and thought it was one of the wackiest things I'd ever seen. I guess they were getting a bit desparate since they haven't taken a real hostage in a while.

I guess we should send G.I. Joe to rescue him?

-Mikey

VitaminH · 02-02-2005, 09:39 AM

The news report I saw said it was posted on some islamic group's website.

I cannot verify the accuracy though...

Thermopyle · 02-02-2005, 10:07 AM

Terrible, what next? Teddybears or maybe even puppies!

ratbastid · 02-02-2005, 10:57 AM

Snopes has posted this as "Unverified', because while the picture is clearly staged using the action figure, there's no evidence that it was actually used in a claim by an insurgent group. Doesn't mean it WASN'T, they just haven't been able to prove either way.

Good ol' Snopes, man. God bless 'em.

bermuDa · 02-02-2005, 11:22 AM

Saw this on CNN this morning, hadn't heard about it before that. embarrassing to any news organization that jumped on this one...

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Originally Posted by MikeyChalupa

I guess we should send G.I. Joe to rescue him?

-Mikey

LOL

Oh I found a first-person account of the soldier in question

http://www.techcentralstation.com/020205F.html

Coppertop · 02-02-2005, 11:29 AM

That would have been one really stupid hostage taker to leave the GI's gear on him.

edit - for the non-clickers:

ShaniFaye · 02-02-2005, 11:32 AM

thanks bermuda

I think this is my favorite line

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I've slipped a sharpened staple into my boot.

Scorps · 02-02-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeyChalupa

I saw this last night and thought it was one of the wackiest things I'd ever seen. I guess they were getting a bit desparate since they haven't taken a real hostage in a while.

I guess we should send G.I. Joe to rescue him?

-Mikey

G.I. Joe is the one they got

Coppertop · 02-02-2005, 11:40 AM

And here's the terrorist who captured him:

Lockjaw · 02-02-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bermuDa

Saw this on CNN this morning, hadn't heard about it before that. embarrassing to any news organization that jumped on this one...

LOL

Oh I found a first-person account of the soldier in question

http://www.techcentralstation.com/020205F.html

Hillarious

02-02-2005, 11:50 AM

It's all coming together now... Bin Laden is actually Cobra Commander. We've been going about this whole war wrong from the start.

Scorps · 02-02-2005, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Coppertop

And here's the terrorist who captured him:

LMAO

moot1337 · 02-02-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bermuDa

Oh I found a first-person account of the soldier in question

http://www.techcentralstation.com/020205F.html

....... absolutely hilarious... well written, too

printilation time!

02-01-2005, 08:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Any idea on who spread this story? Motives? I'm too lazy to research it myself. This does seem to be a more bizarre aspect of our media saturation and a truly odd story. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

02-02-2005, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
VitaminH An embarrassment to myself and those around me... Location: Pants	The news report I saw said it was posted on some islamic group's website. I cannot verify the accuracy though... __________________ "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

02-02-2005, 10:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Thermopyle Crazy Location: Top of the World, Mom!	Terrible, what next? Teddybears or maybe even puppies! __________________ Live life like you're gonna die, beacause you're gonna! - William Shatner.

02-02-2005, 11:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	That would have been one really stupid hostage taker to leave the GI's gear on him. edit - for the non-clickers: Last edited by Coppertop; 02-02-2005 at 11:33 AM..

02-02-2005, 08:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	I saw this last night and thought it was one of the wackiest things I'd ever seen. I guess they were getting a bit desparate since they haven't taken a real hostage in a while. I guess we should send G.I. Joe to rescue him? -Mikey

02-02-2005, 10:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Snopes has posted this as "Unverified', because while the picture is clearly staged using the action figure, there's no evidence that it was actually used in a claim by an insurgent group. Doesn't mean it WASN'T, they just haven't been able to prove either way. Good ol' Snopes, man. God bless 'em.

02-02-2005, 11:40 AM	#11 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	And here's the terrorist who captured him:

02-02-2005, 11:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
thinktank Guest	It's all coming together now... Bin Laden is actually Cobra Commander. We've been going about this whole war wrong from the start.