# Militants threaten doll with death **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949 "2005-02-02T05:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/1 "2005-02-02T05:11:07Z")
[Militants apparently threatened the life of a a GI Joe](http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayArticle.asp?col=§ion=focusoniraq&xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/February/focusoniraq_February10.xml) Here is the image; > **[ItemFix - Social Video Factory](https://www.itemfix.com/?r=ll)** > > Social Video Factory Stupidest thing ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/2 "2005-02-02T05:14:03Z")
That’s hilarious. When you pull his string, does he apologize for crimes against the Iraqi people? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/3 "2005-02-02T05:44:11Z")
Beat me to it, **Ryan**. If we can’t protect our military action figures, maybe the terrorists have won. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/4 "2005-02-02T09:00:57Z")
I only pray they don’t capture Barbie. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/5 "2005-02-02T09:43:57Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I only pray they don’t capture Barbie. Because then they’d begin stealing our shrimp. Seriously, it’s pretty damned sad when terrorists try ideas not even Fark would try to pass off as `news’. For values of sad that approach hilarious, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/6 "2005-02-02T09:45:38Z")
I admire a soldier who can keep his uniform clean and his skin so nice and shiny under such trying circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/7 "2005-02-02T13:31:21Z")
After all the shameful conduct by the puppets in _Team America: World Police_, acts of retalitation such as these became sadly inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/8 "2005-02-02T13:42:31Z")
At least he can’t get into too much trouble in prison over there. You know, not anatomically correct and all. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/9 "2005-02-02T14:04:05Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > At least he can’t get into too much trouble in prison over there. > > You know, not anatomically correct and all. Oh I don’t know about that. I’m bracing for the inevitable photos where this brave soldier doll is in sexually explicit poses with a Ken doll. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/10 "2005-02-02T14:08:35Z")
I thnk it’s more retarded that CNN , Fox, and other idiots thought it was legit for alf the day yesterday. Someone on fark found the picture of the doll in the box and mailed it out to the media outlets. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/11 "2005-02-02T14:13:37Z")
I’m trying to picture the guy offscreen holding a little tiny plastic rifle between thumb and forefinger. D’you suppose he was able to keep a straight face? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/12 "2005-02-02T14:18:40Z")
So the consensus is that the militants hoaxed this? I just kinda assumed that someone had hacked their website. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/13 "2005-02-02T14:20:16Z")
Who knew islamic militants could be so cheeky? I mean, we all knew the media was pretty dim. I just never thought the terrorists would go Punk’d on us. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/14 "2005-02-02T14:23:01Z")
or if you want to go another route, Cobra Commander has hit a new low. I don’t care what you do with Roadblock. We’ll never give you the money to build your death ray space station!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/15 "2005-02-02T14:25:56Z")
Oh my Odin! My daughter decapitated her Barbie dolls. Is she an Al Queda minion?! Anyway . The Danish Television ate it raw. They’re now busy editing yesterday’s news articles. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/16 "2005-02-02T15:10:55Z")
You take a guy hostage and you leave his ammo vest on him? I once, accidentally broke my next door neighbor’s GI Joe. So he got to kill my Joe. It was only fair. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/17 "2005-02-02T18:09:34Z")
Well i suppose it’s easier than trying to capture a REAL soldier. That was hilarious either way. And yeah **Zebra** I too was wondering how you ‘capture’ someone, and leave his LBV on. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/18 "2005-02-02T18:13:21Z")
I heard they were threatening him with firecrackers and a magnifying glass. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/19 "2005-02-02T18:21:17Z")
[http://techcentralstation.com/020205F.html](http://techcentralstation.com/020205F.html) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/20 "2005-02-02T18:25:14Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I only pray they don’t capture Barbie. As long as she wears her hot pink burqa, I think she’ll be fine. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949.md?page=2)