Have you heard about this? A web site reported that a U.S. soldier had been kidnapped and threatened with beheading. Turns out the “soldier” is GI Joe himself, and Big Media fell for it:
The posting, on a Web site that frequently carries militants’ statements, included a photo of what that statement said was an American soldier, wearing desert fatigues and seated on a concrete floor with his hands tied behind his back.The figure in the photo appeared stiff and expressionless.
Liam Cusack, of the toy manufacturer Dragon Models USA, Inc., said the image of the soldier portrayed in the photo bore a striking resemblance to a military action figure made by the company.
In the photo, a gun barrel was pointed at the head of the man’s figure, and behind him on the wall was a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, “There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet.”
A statement posted with the picture suggested the group was holding other soldiers.
“Our mujahedeen heroes of Iraq’s Jihadi Battalion were able to capture American military man John Adam after killing a number of his comrades and capturing the rest,” said the statement, signed by the “Mujahedeen Brigades.”
The posting did not show any ID card for the alleged captive and no organization’s name was written on the black banner, as have appeared in some past claims of kidnappings. The man’s uniform had no U.S. insignia or names visible. (Source)
Who would’ve thought that murdering, execution-deserving, Allah-loving terrorist thugs had a sense of humor?
Check out Power Line’s comedy. And Scrappleface is always funny. Basil’s got a mini-roundup. (Look at his precious baby face, too.)
(Big hat tip: Wizbang)
Update: Blogger Joshua Claybourn defends Big Media.
Oh my gosh! Good catch!
Comment by Sister Toldjah — 02.01.05 @ 6:23 pm
Tuesday Night Special: GI Joe
For your evening dining pleasure, we offer you to choose from one of these specialties: La Shawn Barber gives us the background.. ScrappleFace reports a daring rescue. Confederate Yankee has an update on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Right Wing Duck reports
Trackback by basil's blog — 02.01.05 @ 7:07 pm
I wonder how many MSM got sucked in at first?
Comment by Andy — 02.01.05 @ 8:12 pm
The “Bush Doll” coming to the rescue made me fall out of my chair from laughing so hard.
That Scrappleface is one funny guy.
Comment by Renee — 02.01.05 @ 9:22 pm
They’re having too much fun with this over at Wizbang. If i was the suspicious type, I’d thot they hatched the whole thing.
Comment by Andy — 02.01.05 @ 10:39 pm
More on that kidnapped GI
I’m sure you’ve all seen this: Well, now that the news has been out for a few hours, a few of the lefty elite have weighed in.But I lost the quotes!
Trackback by A planet where apes evolved from MAN?!? — 02.01.05 @ 10:44 pm
Something new for me: *and relev. to this thread too*
1) an outright attempt at getting traffic (I feel dirty)
2) A caption contest (follow my name or the previous trackback)
Comment by SCSIwuzzy — 02.01.05 @ 10:46 pm
GI Joe Hostage Roundup
I would be remiss not to at least mention this story. Everyone else has blogged about it, and since I don’t really have anything interesting to add, I’ll point you to some of those other sites if you’re looking for more reading and pictures.
Wiz…
Trackback by Myopic Zeal — 02.02.05 @ 6:37 am
I have some breaking news on this story…
http://lawnrangers.blogspot.com/2005/02/breaking-news-on-kidnapped-soldier.html
Comment by Will — 02.02.05 @ 8:48 am
” the figure in the photo appeared stiff and expressionless”
Are you sure it didn’t look like John Kerry?
Comment by ratso ferrari — 02.02.05 @ 1:54 pm
Beyond the Gate
Poor Joe!Did you hear that terrorists are threatening to behead G. I. Joe? I don’t know why it’s such a big deal. At our house we beheaded Barbie’s beau Ken a long time ago. Nobody seemed to care. Do you think this is a case of anti-girls’-doll bia…
Trackback by Wittenberg Gate — 02.02.05 @ 3:29 pm
Perhaps it’s farfetched but this reminds me of the line in “Con Air” that went something like, “One false move and the bunny gets it” [gets shot].
Comment by Evon Bachaus — 02.02.05 @ 3:51 pm
Captured toy still held by militants.
Now this is an intriguing story, first brough to my attention by La Shawn Barber:
A Web site’s claim that …
Trackback by Back of the Envelope — 02.02.05 @ 8:30 pm