BAGHDAD BOB A CYBER-STAR NOW

Reuters via The New York Post ^ | 4/11/2003 | Reuters

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He became a celebrity of the Iraq war with his outlandish denials and boundless optimism. Now Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, a k a "Baghdad Bob," has become a star on the Internet.

Fans have set up a Web site, http://www.welovetheiraiinformationminister.com, dedicated to Sahaf, featuring his outrageous quotes and a collage of photos.

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It was only a matter of time until Baghdad Bob got his own corner of cyberspace.

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[this_ol_patriot]

Can you see the page? This is what I get.



This is the Server Administrator™ default page.

If you see this page it means:

1) hosting for this domain is not configured
or
2) there's no such domain registered in Plesk.

For more information please contact xxxxxxxxx

[lowbridge]

[lowbridge]

I'm getting the same thing.

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

I am trying now. Getting a DNS pingback. The site is showing as registered though. I am trying to find out who it's registered to, but whois.com is giving me a problem.

[LPStar]

Maybe he was somewhat funny if you didn't think too hard, but the fact is he is (or hopefully was) a ruthless thug.

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

What I got from a Whois search.

Domain Name WELOVETHEIRAQIINFORMATIONMINISTER.COM
Registrar ENOM, INC.
Whois Server whois.enom.com
Referral URL http://www.enom.com
Name Server NS1.101SITEHOSTING.NET
NS2.101SITEHOSTING.NET
Status REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date 09-apr-2003
Creation Date 08-apr-2003
Expiration Date 08-apr-2004
Last update of whois database Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:03:45 EDT

Went to the name servers, each of them gave me the same message you got. My guess is that the are probably having trouble hosting the site and it's down.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

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Web Site for Iraqi Minister Rocks Cyberspace Thu April 10, 2003 08:30 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A member of Saddam Hussein's vanquished regime has sprung up as an unlikely hero in cyberspace on a Web site embraced by both supporters and foes of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Television news junkies transfixed by daily briefings by Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf are now logging onto a day-old Web site featuring his finest invective against U.S. and British "infidels."

The site, (http:/www.WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com), is a "coalition effort of bloodthirsty hawks and ineffectual doves" united in their admiration for al-Sahaf and his pronouncements, such as: "I now inform you that you are too far from reality."

Among al-Sahaf's now-famous declarations was: "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"

Writer and former Greenpeace activist Kieran Mulvaney, a Briton living in Alaska, said he and friends got the idea for the site while watching cable news coverage of the three-week-old war.

"I mentioned to one of my friends that the best part is watching this guy," Mulvaney told Reuters on Thursday. "He is so brazen that I could almost admire him."

Mulvaney and his friends designed, built and put up the site in three days. Within hours of going live on the Internet, the site "has exploded," Mulvaney said. The same day, U.S. troops marched into Baghdad and al-Sahaf disappeared, or in the view of his new Web site, went on "administrative leave."

"I hope he is alive somewhere so he knows how famous he has become," Mulvaney said. "We've had all kinds of e-mail from literally all over the world. We even had a few e-mails from within the Pentagon saying, 'We really like this guy and we miss him."'

The site already is offering T-shirts and mugs bearing al-Sahaf's best-loved statements ("My feelings -- as usual -- we will slaughter them all!") and has selected actor and director Sydney Pollack to play the information minister in the Hollywood version of the war.

In the meantime, Mulvaney said he will appeal for sightings of al-Sahaf, and there are plans to poll fans about what the beret-wearing minister should do after the war.

The full Reuters article, looks like this thing was designed by a former Greenpeace activist. He probably actually liked this guy.

[Movemout]

Wasn't the moniker, Baghdad Bob, coined here on FR? Anybody?

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I think Col. David Christian coined the name on Fox.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

I don't have any problem with the sight. You still can't see it?

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I don't have any problem with the sight. You still can't see it?

Yeah, maybe it just hasn't been registered everywhere yet. Where are you from?

FYI: there is also a Baghdad Bob website at http://www.baghdadbob.com.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

California. The site is pretty hilarious, but this guy is no saing...unless he's already an intelligence asset for us, he is likely going to be dead soon.

[joesnuffy]

I think I saw him on a Tony Robbins infomercial selling magic amulets or was it rotisserie ovens

[Russell Scott]

Its funny but sad. You wonder how many Iraqi soldiers died needlessly because they actually believed this guy. They figured, wow we can actually beat back the Americans, so they headed towards the front lines, only to become more cannon fodder to overwhelming American firepower. Bob will go down in history as one of the all-time great useless idiots.

[LizardQueen]

The URL in post number 1 is missing the Q. Worked fine for me when I put the Q in.

LQ

[DudleyDoright]

I predict al-Sahaf will be a character on this weekend's SNL.

"I categorically deny that Live From New York, its SATURDAY NIGHT!"

All it takes is a Karl Malden nose, a beret, pair of glasses and a green uniform. He'd be simple to parody.