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Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With Beheading

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 11:03:59 AM EST
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Update: It appears to be a hoax and the photo on the website appears to be that of an action figure.

Bad news to report. A U.S. Soldier reportedly has been captured by Iraqi miltants and they are threatening to behead him.

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."

The website suggests the group has killed other soldiers and currently is holding more.

“Our mujahedeen 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.”

How many soliers are missing and for how long?

More than 180 foreigners have been kidnapped in the past year. At least 10 of them, including three American civilians, remain in the hands of their kidnappers. The only American soldier known to have been taken hostage is Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, who was shown in a video in April being held by militants.

The group claimed to have killed Maupin, but the U.S. could not confirm this. A spokesman today says the military is looking into today's claim.

Update: Here is a link to news page with an image of the captured soldier. (via Daily Kos.)

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    • Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With Beheading | 23 comments (23 topical)
    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dadler on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 11:36:23 AM EST
    if true, all thoughts to the soldier(s) and families invovled. but, on the surface, this seems dubious to me. in the photo from the video, the soldier looks like a cpr dummy. has anyone seen the actual video? is this guy moving around?

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 12:00:22 PM EST
    Check out Drudge. It just might be a G.I. Joe. If so, that would be pretty damn funny.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 12:44:02 PM EST
    Yeah, the "insurgents" did capture a GI Joe doll. The doll took out six of them before he was disabled.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 01:11:38 PM EST
    Its a dummy. But if it isn't find bin laden and behead him. Oh I forgot i can be sent to prison for saying that, by bush orders, freedom what do we want freedom! I need my VA, DRUGS.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 01:23:31 PM EST
    A few minutes ago, cnn.com briefly had a headline, "U.S. military: No soldier missing in Iraq", and before that, "Analyst raises doubts over abducted soldier claim". Both seem to have vanished. I didn't get a chance to read the articles.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 02:26:11 PM EST
    Ok, TL, I know you hate verbatim quotes, but from "Ace of Spades HQ": Top Ten Other Terrorist Threats 10. "If the UN does not immediately withdraw support for the US occupation of Iraq, the Jihad Brotherhood will cut off one of Papa Smurf's three fingers" 9. "We have captured Rainbow Brite, and we will hang her as an infidel at dawn" 8. "Al-Zarqawi is pleased to announce new reinforcements in his jihad-- COBRA Commander and Megatron of the Decepticons (also, we may get that completely useless robot who can turn into a f*ckin' tape-recorder)" 7. "If the American infidels do not depart Iraq immediately, the streets will run black with the ink of a thousand Etch-a-Sketches" 6. "I swear to Allah, if you do not release our brave warriors held in captivity, by next week Garfield the cat will have a whole new reason to hate Mondays" 5. "You have no chance of defeating us in Iraq, in Afghanistan, or in high-stakes games of Hungry Hungry Hippos" 4. "We have Jarts and we're not afraid to use them" 3. "If our demands are not met immediately, we will begin pestering your female soldiers with our great stockpiles of Mr. Microphones; they will not be able to sleep, for our constant utterances of Hey good-looking, be back to pick you up later!" 2. "Deliver Donald Rumsfeld to us as a war criminal for trial or we will take our collection of Muppets and pose them in the most insidiously-sexual of manners; verily, your children will weep bitter tears when they witness Elmo being sodomized by the deviant Gonzo and his pansexual chickens" ... and the Number One Other New Terrorist Announcement... 1. "A thousand explosive Chia Pets will thunder in the streets of Bagh... oh, f*ck it, we're a bunch of buffoonish wankers everybody knows it" [Expletives hopefully all removed!] -C

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 02:35:49 PM EST
    Yep, apparently a hoax...

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#8)
    by ras on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 03:02:02 PM EST
    How many dolls were missing and for how long?

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#9)
    by Richard Aubrey on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 03:23:39 PM EST
    We can't authenticate the actual soldier, but the thrust of the story is accurate.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 03:55:00 PM EST
    It may be a hoax, but we know they wouldn't hurt any of our troops because we have foresworn placing pantnes on prisoners heads and other acts of torture.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#11)
    by Patrick on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 04:39:23 PM EST
    Poker, You beat me too it.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 05:09:33 PM EST
    So PPJ & P, I assume you both laughed it off when the Bush administration complained about images of American POWs being shown off? And when they invoked the, oh what was it again? Oh, it was the Geneva convention!

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#13)
    by jondee on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 05:11:14 PM EST
    PPJ - Is the halogen bulb of the rectum still a go then? Yeah I know - you know guys that pay good money for that.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 05:11:16 PM EST
    Why do you America-hating lefists make light of the Islamofascist threat to our Action Figures? BTW, we have a picture of "John Adams's" decapitated plastic Action Figure head here.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 05:45:23 PM EST
    cnn article

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 06:14:30 PM EST
    Daughter thinks her Barbie has been kidnapped. I'm hoping it does not meet the same fate. What does it say for the state of the insurgency if they are reduced to stupid tricks such as this?

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#17)
    by Patrick on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 06:17:02 PM EST
    Web, No I laugh at the ignorance when people claimed we endanger our troops by not following the Geneva Convention because our soldiers will be treated harsher by our enemies....What's harsher than having you head cut off? and they were doing that before any of this prisoner abuse was public no? So quit while you're ahead. Of course I don't mind if the insurgents cut off the heads of 100's of GI Joes.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#18)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 06:26:14 PM EST
    jondee - Don't know anything about rectums and halogen bulbs. However, three guys tried to come home with me when I mentioned you might be there. ;-)

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 07:55:01 PM EST
    Cliff: ROFLMAO. Patrick: It's not just this war we have to worry about, it's the next one. Suppose we end up in a war with one of the other 87 signatories (such as Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, or Pakistan). The world (especially this part of the world) has a long memory. Any one of those countries might interpret the US's behavior in Iraq (also one of the signatories) as an invitation to likewise ignore its commitment to basic human dignity in wartime.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#20)
    by Patrick on Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 09:50:18 PM EST
    Michael, Yeah, I get it, just like the North Vietnamese... Oh wait, since WWII only the U.S and her allies have even tried to follow the G.C.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#21)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 07:21:18 AM EST
    Hold on Cody! Gung-Ho, Dusty, Mutt and Snake- Eyes are on their way to rescue you. Don´t let that evil Dr Mindbender push you around.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#22)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 09:23:16 AM EST
    I've linked and excerpted some hilariously stupid comments about "John Adam's" capture from Free Republic in an update to the above link.

    Re: Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With B (none / 0) (#23)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 09:49:26 AM EST
    Well that was pretty f***ing stupid. I'm just glad it wasn't a real person. This time.

    Hoax: U.S. Soldier Captured, Threatened With Beheading | 23 comments (23 topical)