[Oldeconomybuyer]

I don't deny the humor associated with Baghdad Bob, but his message is designed to stimulate islamist/Arab hatred for America, our allies, and Israel.

[Bluntpoint]

"Iraq did not have war with that nation, the United States of America. This is just another smear campaign by those lying yankee perpetrators of personal destruction."

[sarasota]

Is it possible there are those who are only hearing Baghdad Bob's side of the war story? EEEgads.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Here's the latest comedy routine:

Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Iraq Vows to Destroy U.S. Forces, Says No Surrender

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq vowed on Tuesday to defeat U.S. forces advancing in the heart of Baghdad with tanks backed by aircraft and artillery.

"We are going to tackle them and going to destroy them," Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told reporters.

"They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks," he said of the U.S. forces, asked if Iraq itself was considering surrender on the 20th day of the war aimed at toppling President Saddam Hussein.

U.S. tanks advanced in the center of the city from an overnight base in a compound of a presidential palace captured by U.S. forces on Monday. Aircraft and artillery pounded government buildings in the center of the city.

"Baghdad is bracing to pummel the invaders," he said.

Sahaf accused U.S. forces of attacking civilian targets in central Baghdad, including the offices of Al-Jazeera television. Jazeera said a cameraman was killed in a U.S. air raid.

"They are in an hysterical state and think that if they kill civilians they are going to win, they're not going to win," he said.

[codercpc]

Where did the name "Baghdad Bob" come from?

I heard Greg Kelly on FNC this morning say that the troops in Baghdad are now calling him that too.

[grobdriver]

Come to the cities," he roared, promising that they would be met with "bullets and shoes." The shoe reference is a special bit of local flavor. In most Middle Eastern cultures, the sole of the shoe is considered unclean, and to be hit with a shoe is particularly humiliating.

First time I say video of a free Iraqi banging on Saddam's picture/poster with his shoe I wondered "What they hell?"
Now I understand.
LOL!!! Makes it even better!

[mewzilla]

Unshakable? LOL. Drugs will do that for ya.

[Henchman]

BB MUST say what he says or Saddam / Bath Tub Bioys would KILL him. He isn't stupid or he wouldn't have risen to the position - at least alive.

[agenda_express]

"surprising resilience of Iraqi fighters in the first weeks of the war"

Are the people writing this story following the same war that I am? The "surprisingly resilient" Iraqi fighters are 90% dead or captured. What a pile of BS from the Chronicle.

[ArcadeQuarters]

I wonder why he grins when he says these things. Maybe he's trying to let everyone know that he doesn't believe what he's saying. Maybe he's confident because he's made a secret deal with the allies.

[MattMa]

This seems like a fitting picture.

[King David]

If this doesn't make a "Saturday Night" routine this weekend, they need some new writers on the show.

[GodBlessAmerica2003]

[Nevermore]

In most Middle Eastern cultures, the sole of the shoe is considered unclean, and to be hit with a shoe is particularly humiliating.

Aha, so that's it! Note to the front lines: beware of roving bands of Iraqis wielding shoes. Seems we've been wasting all this time destroying tanks and digging up illegal arms caches, when the real threat was that innocent-looking shoe factory!

[mollynme]

When is the last time anyone actually saw him?

[Exit148]

From the reports, it seems as tho the Arab world is mad at the Arab press for lying to them. Will they now include the Minister and question other Ministers?