"Saddam Hussein's information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf — who earned the moniker 'Baghdad Bob' during his break-from-reality news briefings — left Iraq in the chaotic months after Saddam's fall in 2003 and surfaced in the United Arab Emirates. It was never clear, however, whether he was questioned and released by coalition forces or if he departed without much notice from troops — but with a worldwide following for his surreal spin doctoring that included the pronouncement that Baghdad was secure even as U.S. missiles landed nearby.
Al-Sahaf appeared occasionally on Abu Dhabi TV and inspired an Internet cottage industry of T-shirts and other Baghdad Bob memorabilia. His current whereabouts are uncertain, but some reports have placed him in Qatar."