# Mirror reports Baghad Bob has been captured?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288 "2003-06-25T13:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288/1 "2003-06-25T13:50:09Z")

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[How reliable is the Mirror?](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13107151_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-COMICAL-ALI-%27HELD%27-%28NO-JOKE%29-name_page.html)

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288/2 "2003-06-25T13:58:14Z")

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Probably about as reliable as the [New York Post.](http://nypost.com/news/worldnews/1808.htm)

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288/3 "2003-06-25T14:08:05Z")

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[cnn.com](http://cnn.com)’s [headline story](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/06/25/sprj.irq.main/index.html):

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> A senior Pentagon official said Wednesday no information exists to support an article in the London Daily Mirror that former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf is in U.S. custody. U.S. military authorities in Baghdad said any comment about al-Sahaf’s possible capture would have to come from the Pentagon because he is not on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis. U.S. civil administrator L. Paul Bremer said he had no confirmation of any arrest. Al-Sahaf became well-known for his denials that coalition forces were making progress against Iraqi forces during the war. He was one of the last Iraqi officials to abandon his government post.

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288/4 "2003-06-25T14:12:52Z")

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[Baghdad Bob] "I have not now nor ever been captured! May whomever is reporting this outrageous lie have a thousand camel fleas infest their armpits! [/Baghdad Bob]

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-reports-baghad-bob-has-been-captured/184288/5 "2003-06-25T14:24:38Z")

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“I haven’t been captured! That’s just my bodyguard…yeah. And they’re all Morgan Fairchild…yeah.”