The "propaganda" is not "perpetuated" by ABC News and we could do with a whole lot less of your censorship. The video is obviously already making the rounds in Iraq and among fighters, but you somehow think that showing it to American audiences will "perpetuate propaganda"? What, do you think the illegal Mexicans will stage a revolt or something after seeing this propaganda?

Be rational.

That is not a "Dog Tag". Dog tags are the 2 metal tags worn around the neck that has the service members name, SSN, blood type and religious preference. That is an ID card. But I guess using the term "Dog Tag" sounded better. You journalist types call it artistic lisence I believe.

Thank you for your bravery and your faith in that the moslim world can be brought to a reformation which will make the whole world a better place.
Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

What you see appears to be a military ID and not a air force dog tag which is made of metal and worn around the neck.

That isn't a dog tag or a military ID. That is something different, called a "CVC" or "CIC" or something similar. Military IDs - at least Air Force ones - don't look like that. You'll notice that this ID has a little smart card chip. Air Force "official" IDs don't have those. I know this because I went to get my military ID card made (I'm a dependent) and I read some notice about how those CVC things take 25 minutes minimum to make. Plus my military ID looks different.

Dependent ID cards do not have the microchip in them, but active duty ID cards do. That card looks authentic to me- and it would certainly never be called a dog tag by anyone who knew anything about military life.

actually... the article is correct, the editor who crafted the wrong headline is at fault...
and not only that - but the point of the entire article is that the ID is being circulated within the Insurgency as propoganda essentially saying that this person was killed.
if people were to become as angry and unsettled about the whole point of the war as they are about the bogus Headline that some intern threw up on a News Website we may not be in this war in the first place... And to think Bush actually "honestly" won the election in 2004. It amazes me that individuals spend so much time critiqueing misprints, and not opening their eyes to elected puppets.

I think it is sad that no one considers the feelings of this hero's family or loved-ones.

The pictured identification is known as a "CAC" or Common Access Card. The microchip contains certain person identifying information. It is often inserted into keyboard readers to access government computer terminals.

This is a "CAC" card. Common Access Card. It is an ID that allows for the use of things like the base dining facility, PX/BX, Morale & Welfare Facility, Gym, etc.

Dog tags are metal, worn around the neck, and primarily used for identification when injured or killed.

GET IT RIGHT! for once! ID card and dog tags are not the same! idiotic reporting such as this gives the insurgents a vehicle in which to move this trash around the internet. Your organization is getting just as bad as FOX.

People are so concerned about identifying the card correctly. I regret that it was found by the enemy rather than our people.How sad that the Taliban is strong in Iraq and there are anti-Bush people who would have us pull out &
allow Taliban to put another despot
in power.Do you realize that daily death tolls are much less than the number of innocent people killed
here at home in drug wars, drive-by
shootings, road rage drunk driving
etc.The news is full of local area deaths but Service-count losses are nationwide.I'm a WW2 widow who
can speak for the soldier who would
be behind our President trying to
destroy the evil

You want to blame the President for this war... WAKE UP America! Look at our long forgotten history! Look at 1980's Iran and Iraq war, look at who we supplied arms to. Look at the history of the cold war. OPEN YOUR EYES! There is more to the dang story than you want to realize and understand here. I as a American understand this, I as a MILITARY Member understand this. Our hands have been all over this... and it has been this way for a long time, before President Bush took office. Lay blame where it belongs with Presidents long dead. Ask your military members if they feel they are doing a job well done.. Most will tell you they are. Ask them if they want to pull out, Most will say HECK NO! Ask the ones that have lost limbs if their sacrifice where for not, and they will probably tell you LET ME GO AGAIN!! You are feeding the propaganda of the enemy by saying negative things about your President and this war. Stop listening to everything you hear on the television. Ask the ones who volunteer to fight.

way to go woody! hit the nail right on the head. this is only GW Bush's war because of the timing. if it had happened under clinton's watch it would have been clintons folley, or whoever comes next... basically our predecessors wrote the story and it is now unfolding. i am a 10 year veteran of the US Military and have done some time over there as part of OEF and OIF. and i would gladly go back if called to do so. to think of how anti-military this war has made the american people... you would think this was vietnam all over again. we need to back the military... not turn our backs on them.
my dad is a retired marine, vietnam vet, that ran a little outpost he originally called operation shoebox, now called operation soaring eagle, that mailed care packages to troops in harms way. this year alone he has sent packages to over 650 troops totalling almost 3,000 pounds. and mostly funding it himself, with small donations from local companies. if we all could follow his example, maybe our servicemen and women over there would see the support. but rght now all i hear from the american people as a whole... "this war is unjust... this war is illegal... this war is unethical...." yeah.. so what. its here, and we have to fight it or we will let a nuclear power have complete control of the region. and Iran WILL use the nukes it has. dont let ABC/FOX/CNN/MSNBC fool you. they have them... or are really close to having them...
and if they have a chance to use them... they will. left wingers need to learn that this isnt a war that we can just push aside and forget about. we will be in this for a long time. because our fathers, or our fathers fathers wrote it that way.

It's a shame to think that it's takes a 9/11 to happen every few years to keep our society focused on the war.

I've served overseas and have seen more damage through the US media than at the front lines. From high-level leaks that give away our position (getting us ambushed or killed) to public official and politicians demanding we pull-out...knowing that our enemy watches the same channels and uses it as fuel to further their cause, undermining all the work we've done for the local population.

And if you want to get in to statistics, you are 8 times more likely to get shot living in Washington D.C. than on the front lines in Iraq. It took 15 years of occupation, after the hostilities in Germany & Japan ended, to rebuild the nations. With so many factions in the region it's going to take many more years to keep it stable and SELF Sufficient. If we pull out in disgrace the front lines will move to downtown America, and then the our own Military can't help. (FBI, State and Local police are for internal terrorists.)

Did everyone forget that Britain has it's own terrorist cells popping up. Our own colleges are becoming recruiting grounds for American born terrorists. Could you imagine the outcome if Hippies were making bombs during the Vietnam War.

The ID is a CAC, and the new ones looks different as they added more technology and holograms in to them.

It saddens us that there are people who defraud others and our country. We supply many with authentic military dog tags; both civilians and current and former U.S. Military personnel. One can only hope that criminals are caught and punished as they should be.