Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf Quotes

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf , also known as Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali, is a former Iraqi diplomat and politician. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Information Minister under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. August 1940
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Famous Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf Quotes

“The information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.”

New York Times (12 July 2003) "AFTER THE WAR; Hussein's Perennial Optimist Reappears"

“They [US soldiers] started to commit suicide on the Baghdad walls. We will encourage them to double their suicide attempts.”

BBC Monitoring (7 April 2003) "Iraqi information minister denies presence of US forces in Baghdad" (as US forces reported entering the center of Baghdad)

“The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!”

As quoted in A Gigantic Mistake (2004) by Mickey Z, p. 171

“I now inform you that you are too far from reality.”

Statement to John Burns of The New York Times among his last words to western reporters before going on administrative leave (9 April 2003), as quoted in Politics and Propaganda : Weapons of Mass Seduction (2004) by Nicholas J. O'Shaughnessy, p. 233

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