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  • 'Comical Ali' Held, Then Released by U.S. -Arab TV

    06/26/2003 10:59:29 AM PDT · by Semper Paratus · 13 replies · 150+ views
    Reuters News ^ | June 26, 2003 | Rueters
    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....