Captured slodier real or a GI Joe

Charlie P · 02-01-2005, 01:32 PM

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.

The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried 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, and the photo's authenticity could not be confirmed.

Charlie P · 02-01-2005, 01:33 PM

Picture of GI Joe's face

Charlie P · 02-01-2005, 01:34 PM

Here's the toy

Aught Six · 02-01-2005, 01:36 PM

Man, I was thinking to myself, "Come on, how could anyone (even in the age of Photoshop) pass off an action figure as a real soldier?" But now I have to say the resemblance is uncanny.

Aught Six · 02-01-2005, 01:51 PM

Omg, that is G.I. Joe! Wtf? I knew these people were crazy, but this is beyond belief!

DougMD · 02-01-2005, 02:12 PM

Did the GI Joe set come with fake terrorists too? I really think these elections are making the terrorists look more and more silly and marginalized as the days pass.

kevin1 · 02-01-2005, 02:21 PM

Charlie P ,
God is gonna get you for this one ... Oh wait , we don't have that concern !
Nevermind ...

Charlie P · 02-01-2005, 02:28 PM

'It is our doll... to me it definitely looks like it is. Everything the guy is wearing is exactly what comes with our figure,' Liam Cusack of Dragon Models USA, inc., tells the ASSOCIATED PRESS...

Red Hawk · 02-02-2005, 12:41 AM

I think six said it pretty well for me as well

Tazman · 02-02-2005, 03:47 AM

Sure looks like they have come out with a new GI Joe hostage figure to me![8D] I wonder what Osama will say about this bone head move?