<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jmhayes@j-o-r-d-a-n.com href="mailto:jmhayes@j-o-r-d-a-n.com">Jordan Hayes</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:59 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] They captured Spec Ops Cody!</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Bastards!<BR><BR><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/">http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/</A><BR><BR>(CNN) -- A photograph posted on an Islamist Web site appears to be that <BR>of an action figure and not a U.S. soldier being held hostage.<BR><BR>[ ... ] <BR><BR>Not so fast. Cody may be on the lam.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Unless Special Op Cody came in a multitude of complexions and facial</DIV> <DIV>features (the "box set" has a narrower face), it is easy to discern the </DIV> <DIV>dummys are different. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The picture resolution doesn't allow one to visually distinguish whether </DIV> <DIV>the "hostage" is real, or perhaps some other action figure, though.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Two comments: No buge at all in the crotch. Kinda unusual in a situation</DIV> <DIV>where the pants are military cotton, and jocks with cups are almost de rigeur.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2nd comment: No shoe laces, and I can't discern any metal lacing eyelets, </DIV> <DIV>or speed-lacers on the boots, and I know that's not right.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm almost positive that it's a dummy, but I think Dragon Models is basking</DIV> <DIV>in some free unearned publicity... Now THAT'S the American Way!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>L</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>