All of his bombast and hyperpole may have been a smoke screen so that the Iraqi leaders could make their getaway days ago.
Or maybe he went to the meeting the other night with other senior officials, and now is a grease stain on what remains of the floor. Haven’t heard from Tariq Aziz lately, either…
I have this theory that he’s just a slightly eccentric dude who found a uniform and talked his way into a press briefing one day. He’s someone’s crazy Iraqi uncle. He’s not causing the regime any harm, so they don’t bother him. However, he’s starting to see some evidence that his conclusions may have been off, and he’s decided to lay low a little while. He will soon resurface at the next international hotspot, with a new uniform and more interesting spin.
This theory allows me to enjoy him without the moral complications of his being connected to the torture and murder of untold numbers. Aaah.
“I am not dead. Reports that I am dead are disinformation spread by the American Infidels. I am nowhere near dead. It is normal for my head to be largely disconnected from my neck. The bandages hide simple flesh wounds. Also, the stains on my uniform are sauce from a lovely red curry I ate for lunch. Now, if you will excuse me, I feel the need to lie down.”
cept he couldn’t SAY that were he dead!
Yes. We know.
Hey, it’s Nearly Headless Bob!
Now he’s got a fansite:
Damn, it seems to be down, or super laggy.
F. Murray Abraham has another part in the bag.
I’m guessing it comes from a history of alliteration in the naming of enemy disinformation outlets, e.g., Hanoi Hannah, Tokyo Rose.
Though, that does make me wonder what the name was in the Korean War. Pyongyang is not a name that lends itself well to a partner appellation.
The newspaper printed a story which recounted the comments of Arabs who’d been watching Al-Jazeera for their war news. The most common comment was
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Seoul City Sue
About half-way down the page on thisArmyLINK News gives the date of her identification, and there is more information here.
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I just happened to glance at my Dilbert appointment calendar, and this week’s cartoon suddenly reminded me of this thread …
(Dilbert and Wally are walking down the hallway.)
Dilbert: “There’s Ted. He never sent me the information he promised … Why have you ignored my request, Ted?”
Ted: “I was killed by a squadron of giant military squirrels.”
Wally: “He doesn’t respect you enough to tell a plausible lie.”
Dilbert: “I demand a plausible lie!”
Ted: “OK, maybe I wasn’t killed by giant military squirrels. But I was imprisoned in their secret lair at the center of the Earth.”
Wally: “You can’t prove that one either way.”
Dilbert: “He did say it was a ‘secret’ lair.”
-Christian
Now he’s got his own T-shirt. Again, popular enough to cause problems with their server. The man is a legend.
“They lie every day. Therefore, what they say or allege about success and advances are illusions."
Priceless.
I believe I heard on the news yesterday (can’t tell you which one) that al-Sahaf was not one of the “bad guys” pictured on the playing cards the U.S. military was handing out. This tells me that stolichnaya’s theory may not be far off the mark!
At least it tells us that the U.S. government doesn’t think he was a particularly important player in the Ba’athist regime, so we can join his fan club without too many “moral complications.” 
CNN just ran a profile of the guys who started the fan site (apparently there’s a British one as well). Think I’m going to have to get the apron they showed “God will roast their stomaches in hell!”