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Comical brother On the mike ... Comical Ali spouts more outrageous Baghdad baloney IRAQ?S barmy information minister Comical Ali is launching an assault on the charts ? with a dance track. The crackpot?s ridiculous rants about the Gulf war ? such as ?There is no presence of American infidels in Baghdad? when US troops were easily seen just a few hundred yards away ? are to be featured on a new record. Producers say it will sound like PAUL HARDCASTLE?s Eighties hit 19 and be a sure-fire club hit. One of the record?s backers, Les Molloy, told me: ?We are...

Translation by me from Hebrew to English: The Iraqi Information Minister, Saeed al-Sahaf, put an end to his life - according to a report yesterday in the Iranian newspaper "Al-Ofak". The newspaper, that comes out in the United States in the Arabic language, based its claim on Iraqi civilians who ran away from Baghdad towards the border with Iran. To their words, Sahaf hung himself last Wed., a few hours before Baghdad was conquered by US marines. This report has no official confirmation. Sahaf, a 63 year old, turned during the war to a media star for his appearances and...