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Captured US Soldier
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Posted By:
fernando
Feb 01, 2005
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You've probably seen it already:
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldier" title="Claims of GI Hostage in Iraq Raises Doubt">Claims of GI Hostage in Iraq Raises Doubt</a>
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Comments
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 | 03:28 PM
Bizarre. Here's the photo of the 'real soldier' versus the toy soldier.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/images/toysoldier.jpg
So is that a little toy gun in the picture? And did they create an entire miniature set to take the photo? |
Matt
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 | 08:29 PM
I don't know about a miniature set - the base of a concrete wall and a napkin would do nicely for the photo they showed. |
Citizen Premier
in spite of public outcry
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 | 08:54 PM
From whence did this come? |
Citizen Premier
in spite of public outcry
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 | 08:55 PM
woops... nevermind. I thought Alex had the first post. Boy, is my face red! |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 | 10:05 PM
Way back, in the winter of 90/91, there was an onslaught of Cheap Chinese Operation Desert Storm Products. After they languished on the clearance shelf of my local Ames Dept. store for over a year, I bought a pair of Colin Powell and Norman Schwartzkopf "America's Heroes" collectible figurines, each on a small pedestal, attractively packaged in a clear, plastic box reminiscent of Lenin's Tomb. These babies were rushed into production, and they had distinctive Asian features. Please- do not take this as any sort of slur. I'm just describing the New Oil Order toys, okay? Colin Powell looked like a cross between Tiger Woods and Chairman Mao, and Schwartzkopf looked like like the love child of Bruce and Peggy Lee. Perhaps those toy guys know something we don't. |
fernando
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 07:59 AM
It really is bizarre, and seems like something you would see on a cable access TV show. I've also heard speculation that a video purportedly showing insurgents firing a SAM at the British Hercules was also a hoax--only the images of the downed plane seemed real, the rest was just stock footage pacthed together. |
sombrero11
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 12:17 PM
"So is that a little toy gun in the picture?"
It appears to be the gun that comes with the action figure. You can see it in the box to the right of the figure. Notice you don't see any hands on the gun. I bet from a slightly wider angle you would see an enormous thumb and index finger holding the stock of the rifle. Logically, this means that a U.S. soldier has been captured by giants. |
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