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In an open letter, Saddam Hussein told Iraqis "victory was at hand" and urged insurgents to show magnanimity to opponents, saying he himself forgave Iraqis who aided the killers of his two sons. In the letter dictated to his chief lawyer Khalil Dulaimi during a four-hour meeting on Saturday in his prison, the former Iraqi leader also said Iraqis should put aside differences and set only one goal - to drive U.S. troops out of Iraq. "Victory is at hand but don't forget that your near-term goal is confined to liberating your country from the forces of occupation," Saddam said...

Mohammed Said al-Sahaf has been entertaining the world for the past three weeks. Kim Sengupta profiles Saddam’s minister of information Baghdad We shall slaughter them all. God will barbecue their bellies in hell. We trap and beat them everywhere. I triple guarantee you, there are no American soldiers in Baghdad.’ The last declaration was made while a US army Abrams tank could be clearly seen blazing away across the Tigris. Welcome to the world of Mohammed Said al-Sahaf, who until Tuesday was Iraq’s minister of information. During the war, Sahaf was by far the most high-profile member of Saddam Hussein’s...

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the former Iraqi Minister of Information, who is perhaps better known to most Americans by the affectionate moniker "Baghdad Bob," will join CBS on its critically-acclaimed TV news-magazine "60 Minutes" this fall. It is believed that Mr. Bob is the only living person willing to risk his personal integrity by appearing with Dan Rather in public. He claims to "stand behind" Dan Rather in his blatant attempt to topple President Bush. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Mr. Bob said, "although the forged- document thing is a little out of date, and, may I say, they did a...

Iraqi Minister of Culture, Mufeed Muhammad Jawad Al Jazairee was quoted as saying Wednesday that the former Information Minister, Muhammed Said al Sahaf is suspected of stealing 10 vehicles, owned by the Iraq National Museum. According to Jazairee, "there is an option to take legal action against Muhammed Said al Sahaf on charges of theft." The Culture Minister added that he took part in a general symposium of the Museum workers and heard from them that prior to the war, al Sahaf came to the Museum and took ten vehicles, while threatening to use force by weapons, if anyone would...

Al-Sahaf Talks about the US-UK War on IraqThe First Interview Muhammed Sa'id Al-Sahaf, Iraqi Information Minister talking to Abu Dhabi TV Anchorman Jassem ObaidAljazeerah, September 18, 2003 The following is a summary, not detailed word for word, translation of the interview Question 1: Were there any relations or communication between Iraq and the United States after the 1991 Gulf War in order to avoid conflict and war later?Al-Sahaf: There were few times in which some contacts had happened. The US government rejected any attempts to open any communication since 1995. However, some US companies had some work in Iraq through European companies. Once a...

Police in Sweden say Iraq's former information minister could have been involved in the brutal murder of an Iraqi agent there 18 years ago. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf - "Comical Ali" - became ambassador to Sweden shortly after the killing in 1985. Officers in Stockholm have confirmed they have received a tip-off claiming he was implicated. Iraqi Majid Husain had sought asylum in Sweden and planned to tell officials about Iraq's security apparatus and agents in Europe, it is reported. But he disappeared - his body was found two months later chopped into 54 pieces and stuffed into two suitcases. Police...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Iraq's former Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said Wednesday the deaths of Saddam's two sons would not end anti-U.S. attacks, insisting they were not directly behind them. "The two men were hidden and were not in a position to resist or lead a resistance. Their situation was limited, they were imprisoned," Sahaf, nicknamed "Comical Ali" during the U.S.-led war, told Abu Dhabi television. Sahaf said attacks on U.S. forces that took place after the killing of Uday and Qusay Tuesday proved that the brothers had no active role in attacks against U.S.-led occupying forces. U.S. officials...

"Comical Ali" leaves Baghdad, might not return DUBAI, July 11 (Reuters) - Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, who earned the nickname "Comical Ali" during the U.S.-led war on Iraq, made a sudden appearance in Abu Dhabi on Friday, saying he might not return to his homeland. "When I leave I always have in my mind that I might not come down this road again, but I'm working and praying to God that I can return to Baghdad one day," he said on Abu Dhabi Television. Sahaf, 63, became an unlikely media star during the war, winning his stripes...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, who earned the nickname "Comical Ali" during the Iraq war, handed himself in to U.S. forces but was released after questioning, an Arab TV station said on Thursday. Al-Arabiya TV said in a statement it would air an interview with Al-Sahaf at 3 p.m. EDT on Friday. "Sahaf said he handed himself over to the American forces and the Americans interrogated him, then they released him," the channel said, showing pictures of a gray-haired Sahaf during the interview. Al-Sahaf, who gained his unflattering nickname for proclaiming the defeat of U.S....

Ex-Iraqi information minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf will reappear for the first time since the fall of Baghdad in an interview conducted there by Al-Arabiya television, the news channel said.

LONDON (AFP) - Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraq (news - web sites)'s information minister at the end of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime, has been captured in Baghdad, a British newspaper claimed. The Daily Mirror said al-Sahaf -- nicknamed "comical Ali" for his robust denials that Baghdad was falling to US troops -- was snared in his car at a US military roadblock on Monday. In a dispatch from Baghdad, it said al-Sahaf's captors allowed him to go back to a house where he had apparently been holed up with his wife and three children "to collect a toothbrush,...

<p>June 25, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's top wartime propagandist - dubbed "Baghdad Bob" for his outlandish, lie-filled news briefings - was captured at a Baghdad roadblock, a London newspaper reported today.</p> <p>Word of the capture came as six British troops were killed yesterday, in southern Iraq, the deadliest day for coalition forces since Saddam's fall.</p>

<p>BAGHDAD &#8212; Mohamed Sayeed al-Sahaf, who as Saddam Hussein's loyal information minister achieved worldwide fame for his fierce though wildly inaccurate claims of victories against U.S. forces, has been arrested for at least the second time by coalition troops.</p> <p>A coalition source who declined to be identified confirmed the arrest, saying Mr. Sahaf "has some serious talking to do this time."</p>

ONDON (Reuters) - The Daily Mirror says U.S. troops have arrested Iraq's information minister under Saddam Hussein, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, at a roadblocks in a Baghdad suburb. There was no immediate reaction from Washington on Wednesday. The ex-minister, dubbed "Comical Ali" for proclaiming the defeat of U.S. forces even as they moved into Baghdad, had been hiding out at a relative's house watching satellite TV, but was caught on Monday night, the paper said in a report from Baghdad. "He has some serious talking to do...this time," a "senior coalition source" was quoted as saying. There was no independent confirmation...

According to an unconfirmed report, US forces have arrested Muhammad Said al-Sahaf, the former Iraqi information minister. Nicknamed “Comical Ali” because of his increasingly surreal briefings towards the end of the war, Mr al-Sahaf was reported to have been detained in a Baghdad suburb on Monday. The Pentagon said it had no knowledge of the arrest.

Paper to Switch to All-Whopper Format In a move seemingly designed to rock the journalism world, former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf was named executive editor of The New York Times today after the surprisingly brief seven-hour tenure of interim editor Joseph Lelyveld. Mr. al-Sahaf, who had been serving as the spokesman for media giant AOL-Time Warner, said he welcomed the challenges ahead in his new post at the Times. “Much as I loved working at AOL-Time Warner, I was bored,” Mr. al-Sahaf said. “That company is such a well-oiled machine, there just wasn’t much for me to do.”...

Comical Ali is alive and living in a Baghdad suburb - and still wearing his trademark uniform and beret, according to reports. The Mail on Sunday said it had tracked down the former Iraqi information minister, ending speculation he had committed suicide or fled the country. The newspaper said it found him "cowering in his modest home, terrified his own people will kill him". They said his wife and daughter act as his human shields while his sons had temporarily left their jobs as doctors to help protect him. The paper described Ali - full name Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf -...

Iraq Information Minister 'Comical Ali' is alive, well and still in Baghdad, it was claimed last night.Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf--the Saddam Hussein spokesman who denied Americans were in Baghdad when they could be seen behind him-- still wears his trademark green beret and army uniform, say reports. He disappeared on the day Saddam's statue was toppled (after looting $200,000.00 from the Iraqi Foriegn Journalist 'expense account'-ed) and it was thought that he could have committed suicide or even escaped.But last night it was reported that he is now a broken man who stays at home with his wife Larnia, two...

Ex-Iraq information minister set to make music LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Iraq's former Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, whose colourful daily briefings earned him cult status during the Gulf War, is to take Britain's night clubs by storm. Record producers are planning to record a dance track sampling some of his most popular catch-phrases. "It is set to be massive," one of the track's backers Les Molloy told The Sun newspaper on Friday. "There has already been a lot of interest from record stations and club DJs." With his trademark beret and sly smile, Sahaf astonished Western television viewers...

DAMMAM, 30 April 2003 — The Al-Arabiya satellite channel has confirmed that it has offered employment to the former Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf. Ali Al-Hudaithi, director general of Al-Arabiya, told Arab news that Al-Sahaf would be free to work for the channel whenever he wanted and that the channel would facilitate whatever he needed, including a residence permit. The idea is that he could choose between presenting special programs or being a political analyst or both, Al-Hudaithi added. In explaining the offer, the director said that Al-Sahaf had been part of the former Iraqi government and that...