# Iraqi Information Minister was RIGHT. Just too early.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-information-minister-was-right-just-too-early/406765 "2007-06-04T23:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-information-minister-was-right-just-too-early/406765/1 "2007-06-04T23:43:13Z")

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> “Faltering forces of infidels cannot just enter a country of 26 million people and lay besiege to them! They are the ones who will find themselves under siege. Therefore, in reality whatever this miserable Rumsfeld has been saying, he was talking about his own forces. Now even the American command is under siege.”–The Iraqi Information Minister

Sunnava…we **are** under siege.

DAMMIT!

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-information-minister-was-right-just-too-early/406765/2 "2007-06-05T00:02:30Z")

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Ah. I miss Baghdad Bob. We should get him on Saturday Night Life or something.

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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-information-minister-was-right-just-too-early/406765/3 "2007-06-05T02:29:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]  
Ah. I miss Baghdad Bob. We should get him on Saturday Night Life or something.  
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Apropos to nothing, what happened to our buddy in Baghdad? Was he captured, or did he escape?

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-information-minister-was-right-just-too-early/406765/4 "2007-06-05T02:38:57Z")

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[QUOTE=straight man]  
Apropos to nothing, what happened to our buddy in Baghdad? Was he captured, or did he escape?  
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According to [Wikipedia :](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Bob)

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> On June 25, 2003, the London newspaper The Daily Mirror reported that al-Sahaf had been captured by coalition troops at a roadblock in Baghdad. The report was not confirmed by military authorities and was denied by al-Sahaf’s family through Abu Dhabi TV. The next day al-Sahaf himself recorded an interview for the Dubai-based al-Arabiya news channel. Al-Sahaf said that he had surrendered to US forces and had been interrogated by them. He was reportedly paid as much as $200,000 for the television interview, during which he appeared very withdrawn in contrast with the bombastic persona he projected during the war. Many of his answers consisted of a simple “yes” or “no”. He refused to speculate on the causes of the downfall of the Iraqi government and answered only “history will tell” when asked if video clips purporting to prove that Saddam Hussein was alive were genuine, amid speculation at that time that Hussein had been killed during the war.
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> His fame quickly evaporated as the war continued into the “insurgency” phase; from the summer of 2003 onward, he faded from the public spotlight, and is no longer a figure in the war.
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> Although questioned by American authorities, al-Sahaf was released, and there has been no suggestion of charging or detaining him for his role in the Saddam Hussein government. He is now living in the United Arab Emirates with his family.