Bush likes Iraqi information minister's style

Yahooooooooooo ^ | 4/25/03

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that the campaign to topple Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) appears to be over, even U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) admits he is a fan of the public relations style of former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.

"He's my man, he was great," Bush enthused in an interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw on Thursday. "Somebody accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic."

Bush said he had made a point of watching Sahaf, as well as scenes such as the toppling of a huge bronze likeness of Saddam Hussein.

"I did watch some of his clips," he said. "I get a lot of things secondhand, but in the case of the statue or Sahaf, somebody would say, he's getting ready to speak and I'd pop out of a meeting or turn and watch the TV."

Sahaf has developed a worldwide following. A Web site that sprang up called welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com was forced offline earlier this month by a rush of global interest that drew as many as 4,000 requests a second for the page.

With his trademark beret, Sahaf became a cult figure on television with his daily briefings, appearing from behind a sea of microphones as he condemned the American "infidels" and at times flatly denied what viewers around the world saw unfolding on their TV screens.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Sounds like President Bush loved the entertainment as much as we did! That is great! I think Robert DeNiro could be Baghdad Bob. I missed this interview! Maybe MSNBC will replay it.

[Feiny]

Don't worry areafiftyone, I always get mistaken for being a man....that is why I finally put my nude photo on my personal page.

[areafiftyone]

ROFLMAO! Yea but if I do that I won't have any friends left! ;-)

[Constitution Day]

that is why I finally put my nude photo on my personal page

Ha! You can't make me look that easily!

(unless it's really up there - grin)

[Feiny]

Nope, no nudies...this is a family site. Just guns and Baghdad Bob.

[Constitution Day]

I was just teasin'... mine has me & my family on it. :)

[Feiny]

Your little girls are adorable!

[ericthecurdog]

I should have mentioned that you should NOT try to post a photo straight from their website... those guys do not like people 'stealing bandwidth' and do some pretty nasty things if you do.