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CNN just reported thatBaghdad Bob is alive and is being protected by a Kurdish group. It turns out that Baghdad Bob's wife is a Kurd.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Link to the previous thread Good Morning. This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD. It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Kuwaiti Paper Criticizes Syria: Assad's Regime More Criminal than Saddam's Regime Over the past week, Ahmad Al-Jarallah, editor of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyasa, wrote a series of articles which were critical of the Syrian regime. The following are excerpts from the articles: If Syria Follows Iraq's Example, It Will Share Iraq's Fate In the first article of the series, titled "Damascus On the Path to Baghdad's Abyss," Al-Jarallah wrote: "Following the completion of the mission of 'liberating Iraq,' the pressure has now shifted to Damascus – and there are signs that the next step will be 'liberating Syria.' This renewed...

Operation Iraqi Freedom Link to the last thread Good Morning. This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD. It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Emil Vicale's business really began to surge when he put Osama bin Laden in a pink dress. His new hit is Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, who comes in two versions, "dumb" and "dumber." The dumber one talks.Vicale's Danbury-based company, Herobuilders.com, makes action figures of notables in the Iraq war and the war on terrorism, from President Bush to Saddam Hussein.For those who find bin Laden too menacing in military fatigues, Herobuilders offers another outfit."We made him a nice pink dress," Vicale said Friday. "The demand was so much we had to look for a...

<p>Even the Iraqi information minister himself might have trouble believing this one.</p> <p>A Connecticut company is selling a talking doll based on the poker-faced Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, whose increasingly ludicrous tirades on television earned him legions of fans as "Baghdad Bob" during the war on Iraq.</p>

The Dis-information Minister doll from Hero Builders. London: A US company has produced a speaking doll of the former Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, whose news conferences during the assault on Baghdad brought him brief fame, a cult following and the sarcastic nickname "Comical Ali". In tribute to what it called Sahhaf's "one-man battle against the observable facts", Hero Builders has produced 30-centimetre images, that were available today on its website, herobuilders.com. The "Iraqi Dis-Information Minister" doll is for sale at $US24.95 ($A40.80), with the talking version available for $US35.95 ($A59) saying: "There are no American infidels in...

<p>The "Iraqi Dis-Information Minister Action Figure Doll" is flanked by the "President G. W." doll.</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) -- People who joined the cult-like following of Iraq's wartime spokesman Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf can now buy a talking doll and hear him say things like "our initial assessment is that they will all die" as often as they want.</p>

THE nearest Osama al-Sahhaf can get to his infamous father - if he is alive - is a talking doll, which screams: "NO! I am not scared!" and costs $35.95 plus postage from the villain action series at herobuilders.com. There may be the blackest humour in the new United States-made toy, and in the memory of Mr Sahhaf’s legendary invective during press briefings at the height of the war, but his son, a doctor, who has been in Ireland for 18 months, doesn’t see the joke. The surgeon does not know if his father, Mohammed al-Sahhaf, is alive after reports...

Ali dolls out the spin An American toy company has begun selling a talking doll of the Iraqi Information Minister, widely known as Comical Ali. It recites some of the phrases that made Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf a cult figure during the Coalition offensive.The 63-year-old's bravado in the face of overwhelming evidence made him an unlikely media star embraced by both supporters and foes of the US-led war.Connecticut custom doll-making company Herobuilders.com has produced the 12-inch action figure in tribute to what it calls his "one-man battle against the observable facts".The standard version of the doll is selling for $24.95...

Cookeville's new public relations spokesman, the former Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf: 'Lying is forbidden in Cookeville. City Manager Shipley will tolerate nothing but truthfulness. He is a man of great honor and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely, praise Allah! 'The Cookeville city manager, God bless his name, will have a great victory in Wisconsin courts. The Yankee infidel dogs will be slaughtered, God willing, and their throats will be cut as I am speaking. It will be a great victory over the First Amendment dogs and their lying infidel lawyers, God be praised. They say they were hacked, but...

The DealWalid Rabbah, exclusive.ONE day after the start of the war against Iraq American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared on American television screens to say something that the press interpreted as some sort of American propaganda. In reality, though, it was the basis for what was later to take place.Rumsfeld said that there had been communications between the Americans and leaders in the Republican Guard in Iraq. He said that the details could not be disclosed now, but urged listeners to wait for coming days.Three days later the American media played an audio tape on which recorded voices could...

Baghdad looting just a shopping festival, survivor Sahhaf says 25 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AFP to My Yahoo! DUBAI (AFP) - "There's no looting, it's a shopping festival," says Iraqi information minister Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf whose spirit has survived the demise of his regime to put some spin on the orgy of plundering in Baghdad. AFP Photo Latest news: · Saddam's Half-Brother Caught in Baghdad AP - 8 minutes ago · U.S. Forces Nab Saddam's Half-Brother AP - 8 minutes ago · Iraqi opposition leader sets up shop in BaghdadAFP - 20 minutes ago Special Coverage   Sahhaf...

<p>It was almost a disappointment when Iraqi "Information Minister" Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf failed to show up for work last week. He, along with the rest of the Saddamite criminal conspiracy that called itself the Ba'ath Party, simply disappeared. In his final performances, Al-Sahaf's daily press briefings were becoming a Babylonian "Saturday Night Live."</p>

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"There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" "My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all" "Our initial assessment is that they will all die" "I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!" "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis." "They're coming to surrender or be burned in their tanks." "No I am not scared, and neither should you be!" "Be assured. Baghdad is safe, protected" "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" "We are not afraid of the Americans....

Senior Iraqi officers have scattered across the Middle East after fleeing Baghdad as the assault on the city began, according to some senior Iraqis in London who have kept close links with key figures within the country. All of them have false passports and could try to later hide in countries like Pakistan or Malaysia or Indonesia, said Ali Haitham Rashid Wihaib, who was Saddam Hussain's former head of protocol. He added that the Syrian authorities were keeping some of their "embarrassing guests" including generals and ministers hidden because of the US pressure. He, claimed in a daily, that Saddam...

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... The Best of Baghdad Bob........ April 16, 2003:One of the great tragedies of this war is the disappearance of Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf (aka 'Baghdad Bob'). So, like many others, I've compiled of a list of my favorite statements from the man who cannot tell a lie. "The invasion is a lie." "As our leader Saddam Hussein said, God is grilling their stomachs in hell. I think we will finish them soon." "The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad." "It is difficult for the US forces that are surrounded...