Its rather sad and disturbing, isn't it?
Posted by Final Historian at February 1, 2005 3:37 PMSave Cody!
"Why is that soldier strapped to an explosive device?" -- Buzz Lightyear
Posted by Stephen B. at February 1, 2005 6:48 PMCBS is also running the story. Dan Rather concedes that it may be a hoax, but he insists it's still accurate.
Posted by JCR at February 1, 2005 9:48 PMI hadn't heard the name of the "group" in radio reports, but that should have been a dead giveaway. Mujahedin is plural. Al is a singular article. It would take a particularly illiterate Arab to make such a silly mistake.
Of course, the legacy partisan press is as clueless about that as everything else.
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Posted by Mark Alger at February 2, 2005 5:38 AMSo it's fake, but accurate?
Posted by P.A. Breault at February 2, 2005 7:58 AMWell it's one thing to take hostage one of our brave fighting action figures, but the minute those scum bags lay a hand on Barbie will be the day that the place is turned to a sea of glass. Enough is enough.
Posted by phil g at February 2, 2005 10:00 AMHmm. Wonder how collectible that action figure is now?
Posted by urthshu at February 2, 2005 10:52 AMHmmm wonder if it was sold out a few days ago..
http://www.voyagertoys.com/product_details.cfm?Product_ID=3391
Posted by Karlos at February 3, 2005 1:33 AM