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Here's a great photo fake hoisted upon the world by the Associated Press back in February, 2005.
This is not a joke. I repeat, this is not a joke. This is a real story, and a real photo which was run by Associated Press back in February, 2005.
Here's the caption, as it appeared in the original Associated Press report:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - 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 posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants' statements, included a photo of what appeared to be an American soldier in desert fatigues seated with his hands tied behind his back.
A gun barrel was pointed at his head, and he is seated in front of a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet."
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, Marine Sgt. Salju K. Thomas, said he had no information on the claim but "we are currently looking into it."A statement posted with the picture suggested the group was holding other soldiers.
"Our mujahadeen 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."
"God willing, we will behead him if our female and male prisoners are not released from U.S. prisons within the maximum period of 72 hours from the time this statement has been released," the statement said.
Now, here's the original GI Joe doll in his original packaging.
It's just too funny, isn't it?
Here's the original report from Wizbang. As I recall, this ran on many major blogs.
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An AP Photo Fake From The Historical Archives
Here's a great photo fake hoisted upon the world by the Associated Press back in February, 2005.
This is not a joke. I repeat, this is not a joke. This is a real story, and a real photo which was run by Associated Press back in February, 2005.
Here's the caption, as it appeared in the original Associated Press report:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - 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 posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants' statements, included a photo of what appeared to be an American soldier in desert fatigues seated with his hands tied behind his back.
A gun barrel was pointed at his head, and he is seated in front of a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet."
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, Marine Sgt. Salju K. Thomas, said he had no information on the claim but "we are currently looking into it."A statement posted with the picture suggested the group was holding other soldiers.
"Our mujahadeen 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."
"God willing, we will behead him if our female and male prisoners are not released from U.S. prisons within the maximum period of 72 hours from the time this statement has been released," the statement said.
Now, here's the original GI Joe doll in his original packaging.
It's just too funny, isn't it?
Here's the original report from Wizbang. As I recall, this ran on many major blogs.
- Abu Bakr Al-baghdadi Announces Expansion Of Islamic State’s “caliphate” To Include Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Algeria
From the Associated Press: BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the extremist Islamic State group has said it will fight to the last man. The comments by the militant group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, came in an audio statement, his first since a U.S.-led...
- Someone Bombed Iraq Today - Who? Pentagon Says, "it Wasn't Me"
From Politico: The Pentagon on Thursday disputed a new New York Times report stating that, according to Kurdish officials, American military forces have bombed at least two targets in northern Iraq. “Press reports that US has conducted airstrikes...
- Iraq Shouldn't Get The Iraqi Jewish Archives
Here's a petition against the potential transfer of Jewish archives from Iraq to back to the Iraqi government. The history: Ten years after the US military found a trove of Jewish books, records and religious artefacts in the flooded basement of Saddam's...
- More Good News Out Of Iraq Today
My weekly report has so many positive stories that I have to actually leave some of them out because it is too large. A nice problem to have. We are winning... U.S. military kills 25 insurgents in Iraq http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1512578820071115?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true...
- Zarqawi Raid Yields Al Qaeda Treasure Chest
There have been 452 raids, and 109 kills since Zarqawi's home was hit by the United States: BAGHDAD, Iraq - American and Iraqi forces have carried out 452 raids since last week's killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 104 insurgents...