# Whatever happened to Baghdad Bob? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289 "2007-04-09T10:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/1 "2007-04-09T10:05:31Z")
This guy was a cult figure. 😛 I would have expected him to be a TV or film star by now. Or at the very least a chat show host But no, nothing, vanished from the scene ☹ gone! Where is the voice of truth and misinformation, for that matter is there anyone else that was once a shining star and then just vanished into obscurity ---
**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:** [April 9, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/2 "2007-04-09T13:18:44Z")
He was captured, released and is now living in the UAE with his family. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/3 "2007-04-09T13:46:02Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] He was captured, released and is now living in the UAE with his family. [/QUOTE] So obviously he wasn’t charged with anything then, not that I expected he ever would be ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/4 "2007-04-09T13:54:25Z")
‘Comical Ali’ was a much cleverer name. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/5 "2007-04-09T14:05:54Z")
Oh how we chorlted at his ludicrous statements. I actually felt sorry for the bloke at times ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/6 "2007-04-09T15:51:23Z")
Well there was his [last press conference](http://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/military_humor_baghdad_bob.asp) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/7 "2007-04-09T16:01:53Z")
Baghdad Bob may be gone, but [this guy](http://wonkette.com/politics/tony-snow/tony-snow-americas-greatest-white-house-press-secretary-241173.php) seems to be carrying on the tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/8 "2007-04-09T17:02:32Z")
I heard he has been giving expert commentary for some Arab news broadcasts. No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/9 "2007-04-09T23:03:08Z")
[His fans site is still up](http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/), but it doesn’t look to have been updated in a while. Even if you’re not interested in the site, you need to look at the name of the URL, it’s priceless! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/10 "2007-04-09T23:52:14Z")
He was writing for Air America. Don’t know what he’s doing now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/11 "2007-04-10T01:43:37Z")
As **Jacknifed Juggernait** suggested, sometimes I wonder if he’s now working for us… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-baghdad-bob/399289/12 "2007-04-10T02:04:29Z")
The guy who made repeated absurd claims about the situation in Iraq which everyone knew were false? He’s the Vice President of the United States.