I'm sure all Americans watching the evening news Monday night gasped in horror when sketchy details were released saying that a U.S. soldier had been kidnapped by Iraqi militants and was being held hostage. The news even showed a photo of a young soldier dressed in desert fatigues with his hands behind his back, sitting in front of a banner with Arabic writing on it as a rifle is pointed at his head. We were all relieved the next day when military officials confirmed that no U.S. soldiers were missing in Iraq. But that joy turned to disbelief and anger when the military went on to say that the captured soldier in the photo was a G.I. Joe doll and that the picture was a hoax.
The photograph was posted on the web site of Jihadi Battalion, an Iraqi militant group, along with a statement that said they were holding other soldiers hostage. At first glance, the picture looks authentic. But when you lok at the picture of the doll in its packaging, you can see they're they same "person." The doll manufacturer said it was their "Cody" action figure, and that these dolls were sold in at U.S. military bases in Kuwait.
There's not much I will say about this hoax other than it's sick and twisted. But then again, this hoax was staged in the same region where the nineteen 9/11 terrorist hijackers came from so I guess it's par for the course.
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