Yes. AP apparently had a big story about it. It actually gets even stranger. From what I understand the person who wrote the message on the banner in the background probably has a very poor grasp of Arabic. It seems that the whole thing could be a prank of sorts on the media, possibly perpetrated by someone in the U.S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: Re: we're winning > it definitely is a doll. This really got reported as a hostage taking? > > Dana > > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:41:29 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, that was pretty funny, what is very interesting, is that at first > > glance you can't really tell. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:27 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: we're winning > > > > I don't know how to start this. I could start by saying that I have proof > > that we're winning in Iraq. I could start this by saying that the major > > media outlets are stupid. I could start this any of a dozen different ways. > > I might as well just come out with it. > > Some 'militants' claimed to have attacked a group of soldiers, killed some > > and have a hostage that they will behead. They showed off a picture of the > > guy sitting down. Upon closer review, the guy is a GI Joe doll. AP fell for > > it. > > > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050201/D87VU1582.html > > http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1333909 > > > > Note the full battle gear package he actually comes with. Cute, huh? :) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145874 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
