Oops - Militants kidnap GI Joe doll, threatens to behead it

[NsXMas]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html


Whew, pretty funny joke. Thank God it's not a real GI.

I can't believe all the media got duped so easily.

 

[AutoEuphoria]

LOL...I saw that too....the media jumps on anything they think they can exploit for a day or two to get more ratings.

 

[SCS2k]

I hope the doll is Ok.

 

[CDX_NSX]

I've heard that Ken and Barbie are going there to plead with his captors for his release.

 

[fannsx]

I've heard that Ken and Barbie are going there to plead with his captors for his release.

No, that's Jesse Jackson.

 

[CDX_NSX]

You mean this Jesse Jackson?

 

[SCS2k]

You mean this Jesse Jackson?

LOL!

 

[NSXGeek!]

They would have probably had a better reaction ...

 

[fannsx]

They would have probably had a better reaction ...

That's a good one.Ha ha.
I figured he was offering to free other hostages by religion. Why not one more action figure.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/01/jackson.hostage/index.html

 

[Eric5273]

The doll expert they interviewed on MSNBC seemed to think this was most likley just a hoax by someone with a computer and some photo editing software, most likely domestic. Apparently that doll was distributed in very limited numbers and only domestically. Pretty funny though. Kind of like that guy who did the beheading video after Nick Berg....showed you can make a fake one very easily. This kind of makes you wonder how many of these videos and audio tapes you hear are actually real and how many are just fakes.

 

[Viper Driver]

This kind of makes you wonder how many of these videos and audio tapes you hear are actually real and how many are just fakes.

I don't know....why don't you ask the families of the victims, or the people who have come across the dumped beheaded bodies?

 

[docjohn]

The military did'nt take it lightly,they performed a total numbers evaluation to see if anyone was missing Terrorism can take many forms,and the internet is a powerful tool :frown: But on a lighter note,I shaved the head of my gi joe doll flat when I was 8.I have no idea why.

 

[Eric5273]

I don't know....why don't you ask the families of the victims, or the people who have come across the dumped beheaded bodies?

That's not what I mean. After evaluating the Nick Berg video, all the experts later said he was dead already before they cut off his head. The video was staged for propoganda purposes.

And then there was that other beheading video where the guy who made it was a video editor living in FL and he came forward a few days later and said he just made the video to show how easy it is to fake such a thing.

But as to your suggestion of asking the families of the victims, I have seen numerous interviews with the family of Nick Berg, and they do NOT blame the "terrorists". They think he was killed while in US custody.

 

[fannsx]

But on a lighter note,I shaved the head of my gi joe doll flat when I was 8.I have no idea why.

John, I am starting to worry about you. :biggrin: hehe!