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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...

U.S. drops top Iraqi general from most-wanted list SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMThursday, April 24, 2003 The United States has left out the commander of President Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard from a list of most wanted Iraqis. Gen. Maher Sufian does not appear on the U.S. list of 55 most wanted Iraqis. Sufian was commander of the six Republican Guard units responsible for the defense of Baghdad. The absence of Sufian from the U.S. list has sparked claims that the Republican Guard commander struck a deal with the U.S.-led coalition. Arab diplomatic sources said Sufian is believed to have...

Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is attempting to surrender to US forces, according to a satirical news web site http://www.parodytimes.com. But Al-Sharq al-Awsat says the Americans have refused to arrest Mr Sahhaf - who became a familiar face during the war with his upbeat assessments of Iraqi military "successes" - because he does not appear on their "most wanted" list of 55 former regime officials.

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...

<p>WASHINGTON - It could just be more of Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf's trademark disinformation, but there were reports yesterday that he committed suicide.</p> <p>Two Iranian newspapers reported that Saddam's notorious spinmeister, whose outlandish briefings on the state of the Iraq war earned him the nickname "Comical Ali," hanged himself shortly after the fall of Baghdad last week.</p>

It was another tough day in front of the cameras for Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf. But if the Iraqi minister of information was feeling the strain now that the war has reached Baghdad, he certainly wasn't showing it. Neat as ever in his rimless spectacles, green Ba'ath party uniform and black beret, the man who is Saddam Hussein's mouthpiece continued to spin loyally for his elusive master yesterday. "This aggression will end in failure," he said, warning Baghdadis to beware of rumours and lies. "After its destruction, Iraq will remain and it will be led by President Saddam Hussein. This regime...

Iraqi military leader Muhammed Saeed Sahaf Is on tv saying "American mercenaries will face death everywhere for dropping cluster bombs on Basra. Cluster bombs dropped on residential neighborhood. The American military is in a state of hysteria and that they are shocked and awed at the sight of the Iraqi military."