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Less Than Meets the Eye? U.S. Government Sting Operation Criticized as Setup By Brian Ross Aug. 13— Administration officials are leaving out key facts and exaggerating the significance of the alleged plot to smuggle a shoulder-launched missile into the United States, law enforcement officials told ABCNEWS. They say there's a lot less than meets the eye. The accused ringleader, British national Hemant Lakhani, appeared today in federal court in Newark, N.J., and was ordered held without bond on charges of attempting to provide material support and material resources to terrorists and acting as an arms broker without a license. Outside...

I always check the "coming soon" section of the DVD Planet website to see what DVDs are going to be released. Just checked today and look what's coming out on 9/2. "Baghdad Bob" - The world stands united in its curiosity about ex-minister Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, global icon and legend of the modern media age. And now you too can watch his uncensored, blow by blow, very greatest hits again and again. So not only do you get to own a piece of history, you also get to re-live every bizarre moment with classic quotes like "My feelings... as usual......

Islam Bashing – Enough Is EnoughAsim Mughal Presentation of Muslims & Islam was a usual pass time at Hollywood for decades. Only interrupted by the ‘commies’ or the ‘Russians.’ It is a necessity to show the evil and bad contrasted with the good. In cases of entertainment, a hero is supposed to be just that someone who triumphs over evil. However, such images do have a lasting impact beyond and outside of movie theatres. It has been nearly two years since the tragic events of 9/11. Since then we have learned a great deal on what happened, how it happened...

A new weekly newspaper in Iraq has been named Al-Sahhaf, after the former Iraqi information minister who became known worldwide as "Baghdad Bob" and "Comical Ali." Muhammed al-Sahhaf the man gained infamy for his outrageous statements to the media during the war to topple Saddam Hussein. 'Baghdad Bob' According to a report by Agence France-Presse, the editor of Al-Sahhaf – one of 161 new titles to appear in Iraq since the fall of Saddam – says he wanted to choose a name that would be recognizable. "I wanted a name that would attract readers. The name Al-Sahhaf has had an...

Lessons From the Killing of Uday and Qusay Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal Last week, US forces surrounded and killed the sons of president Saddam Hussein. I have never been a supporter of Saddam Hussein or his regime. Nor do I wish them well today. However, the way that Uday and Qusay were killed needs to be examined carefully so as to derive useful lessons. Let me briefly recap the events that led to their death. US forces, based on a tip-off from a friend of the Hussein family (in return for a $30 million reward), surrounded a house in Mosul in...

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...

(CBS) -- Ari Fleischer recently left his post as President Bush's press secretary. I started wondering what it might be like if he went on a well-deserved vacation and ran into another person who had had a similar job. FADE IN: Ari is having a sandwich in a coffee shop in Las Vegas. Sitting next to him is the former Iraqi Minister of Information, Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf — also known as Baghdad Bob. ARI FLEISHER: I can't believe you spent the whole day out at the pool. It's 117 degrees out there. BAGHDAD BOB: But it's dry heat. Besides, I'm...

"No more Grecian Formula in the medicine cabinet!"

Posted on Fri, Jul. 18, 2003 U.N. Leader Denies Iran-Uranium Report Associated Press VIENNA, Austria - The head of the U.N.'s energy agency has denied reports that inspectors found enriched uranium in samples taken recently in Iran, calling it "pure speculation at this stage." Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told The Associated Press, "there's a lot of analysis we need to discuss ... with Iran." "We are not in any way ready to come up with a conclusion on that issue before we discuss all the results with the Iranian authorities." ElBaradei pressed Iran for "substantial...

Ex-Iraq Information Min Ordered 2 Murders [BAGHDAD BOB] STOCKHOLM (AP)--A Swedish writer of Kurdish origin has filed a criminal complaint against Iraq's former information minister, accusing him of ordering the murder of two Iraqi dissidents in 1985, when he was Iraq's ambassador to Sweden. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf received wide attention during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq for hurling anti-American insults and outlandish claims of stunning Iraqi military victories over the invaders. He bemused many Arab television viewers and became notorious in the West, where he was ridiculed by Web sites, T-shirts and dolls. "The image of al-Sahhaf as a comical...

Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite television station on Friday broadcast what it said was a taped message from ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein dated June 14. Saddam said "jihad cells made up of Iraqi male and female fighters have been formed on a large scale" throughout Iraq to fight US-led coalition forces occupying the country. The voice urged Iraqis to not aid coalition forces in their attempts to hunt down former Iraqi leaders. "I call upon you to protect these heroic fighters and not give the invaders any information about them or their whereabouts during their operations," the voice said. "There is...

<p>In Cairo, it used to be said that, if you hung around Shepheard's Hotel long enough, eventually you would see everybody you ever knew. Today it would be everybody you ever saw on television.</p> <p>Sure enough, the other day Tom Rachman of the Associated Press reported the (non)triumphal return of Baghdad Bob in Cairo. It was like watching an old trouper down on his luck, out of a job, and without the heart to repeat any of his old lines.</p>

I did my duty to the last, says Saddam's Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf on the Arab television on Thursday. — AP DUBAI JUNE 27. Iraq's former Information Minister, famed for pugnacious and transparently false claims during the war, now says his bogus statements were made in good faith and that he was getting scant information toward the end of the conflict. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf showed up on Arab television on Thursday in his first appearance since the collapse of the Saddam Hussein's regime. Mr. Al-Sahhaf had been a regular sight on TV before and during the U.S.-led war, speaking...

When former Iraqi "information" minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, better known as "Baghdad Bob," appeared on Abu Dhabi television this past week, he once again raised his profile and led us to make some remarkable observations. "Bob" became famous for his outrageous lies and statements during the Iraqi war. For instance, he claimed on April 7 that there were no U.S. troops in Baghdad even though tanks could clearly be seen on television in the capital. The city fell two days later. With the recent re-emergence of Baghdad Bob, NewsMax’s inquisitive staff was struck by the many similarities between the one-time...

The former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed Al Sahhaf was paid US$200,000 to give his first interview since the war. Al Arabiya, a television station based in Dubai, admitted that it deposited the money in a local bank account held by Sahhaf's son. "We were trying to get the interview for several weeks. We managed to get his agreement but only after we gave him some promises and $200,000," the Gulf News quoted Dr. Saad Al Hasani, head of Al Arabiya's Baghdad bureau, as saying. "He was very gentle and relaxed, but when it came to the end of the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iraq's former information minister, who gained notoriety during the war for wildly implausible claims of victory, surfaced yesterday and said he was given bad information by his sources. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf had denied that U.S. tanks were in Baghdad even as television pictures showed them in the capital. "There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad," al-Sahhaf asserted outside the Palestine Hotel on April 7. Baghdad fell April 9. Al-Sahhaf, who dropped from sight after the war, surfaced with interviews with the Al-Arabiya satellite network and Abu Dhabi television. He did...

The bodies of two missing American soldiers were found yesterday as news emerged that a growing campaign of Iraqi resistance to coalition occupation may have been planned before the war began. Allied officials now believe that a document recently found in Iraq detailing an 'emergency plan' for looting and sabotage in the wake of an invasion is probably authentic. It was prepared by the Iraqi intelligence service in January and marked 'top secret'. It outlined 11 kinds of sabotage, including burning government offices, cutting power and communication lines and attacking water purification plants. What gives the document particular credence is...

A SENIOR aide to Saddam Hussein has described the dramatic moment when the dictator warned his sons they must accept defeat and go their separate ways. “It’s over. It’s over,” he is said to have told Uday and Qusay Hussein as they drove through the streets of Baghdad on April 11, two days after the city was captured by American forces. According to the aide, Saddam’s younger son, Qusay, sobbed and pleaded to be allowed to go into hiding with his father. But Saddam replied: “Splitting up gives us a better chance of survival.” The graphic description came last week...

The debate is one of the nastiest I've seen on the floor of the House of all time--Nancy Johnson (R-CT) seems to be taking the brunt of the vicious attacks (and I do mean vicious) from the Democrats. Jim McDermott (D-WA) just said the Republicans can't be trusted on prescription drugs because WMD have not been found in Iraq (he mistakenly said "Iran" first, at which time the Republican members took the opportunity to laugh hysterically at him). Called Bush a liar, at which time the Chair ordered him to sit down. Billy Tauzin (R) followed up by saying "It...