Iraqi Militants Hold Toy Hostage

This is both macabre and hilarious. Via Stephen Taylor, I read on both CNN and AP that Iraqi militants may have captured an American soldier:

The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants’ statements, included a photo of what that statement said was an American soldier, wearing desert fatigues and seated on a concrete floor with his hands tied behind his back. The figure in the photo appeared stiff and expressionless, and the photo’s authenticity could not be confirmed.

As it turns out, the figure is stiff and expressionless because he’s a one-sixth scale action figure. There are photos here.