What do you do with an information minister who tells lies so unbelievable that he becomes a cult figure? Give him a job as a television gasbag, of course.
The Guardian is reporting that Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraq’s information minister under Saddam Hussein, has been hired by Abu Dhabi television as an “expert commentator.” al-Sahaf is known mostly for the outrageous lies he told to journalists during the early stages of the war on Iraq.
Nicknamed “Comical Ali,” al-Sahaf is best remembered for his on-air statement from the roof of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as U.S. tanks rolled into the capitol city in the background and Iraqi troops scrambled for safety. “Baghdad is safe. The battle is still going on,” al-Sahaf spun his yarn. “The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad. Don’t believe those liars.”
The Guardian cheekily reports, “He later surrendered to American troops but was released after being deemed insignificant.”
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