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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (102690)6/25/2003 1:20:01 AM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"Comical Ali" captured 01:45, Jun 25 2003


mirror.co.uk




LONDON (Reuters) - The Daily Mirror says U.S. troops have arrested Iraq's information minister under Saddam Hussein, MohammedSaeed al-Sahaf, at a roadblocks in a Baghdad suburb.

There was no immediate reaction from Washington on Wednesday.

The ex-minister, dubbed "Comical Ali" for proclaiming the defeat of U.S. forces even as they moved into Baghdad, had been hiding out at arelative's house watching satellite TV, but was caught on Monday night, the paper said in a report from Baghdad.

"He has some serious talking to do...this time," a "senior coalition source" was quoted as saying. There was no independent confirmation ofthe story and no other sourcing.
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