What is Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf?
{{infobox officeholder | order = Foreign Minister of Iraq | successor2 = None, Ministry dissolved | term_start2 = 23 October 2001 | term_end = 23 October 2001 | term_start = 6 June 1992 | alma_mater = [[Baghdad University]] | death_date = | birth_place = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|7|30}} | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region]] | image = Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf.png | president2 = [[Saddam Hussein]] | predecessor2 = [[Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur]] | office2 = Minister of Media and Foreign Affairs | successor = [[Naji Sabri]] | president = [[Saddam Hussein]] | predecessor = [[Tariq Aziz]] | caption = Al-Sahhaf in 1996 | term_end2 = 1 May 2003 <!--unknown parameter: | religion = [[Shia Islam]]-->}}'''Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf''' ({{lang-ar|محمد سعيد الصحاف}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN| Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf}}''; 30 July 1940 – ) also known as '''Baghdad Bob''' or '''Comical Ali''', is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He became well known during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], during which he was the Media and Foreign Affairs Minister under Iraqi President [[Saddam Hussein]]. He was spokesman for the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] and Saddam's government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/where-are-they-now-comical-ali-rageh-omaar-and-private-jessica-lynch-tjjlbp2bkj0 |title=Where are they now? Comical Ali, Rageh Omaar and Private Jessica Lynch |first=Tom |last=Whipple |first2=Hattie |last2=Garlick |date=March 19, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200602084115/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/where-are-they-now-comical-ali-rageh-omaar-and-private-jessica-lynch-tjjlbp2bkj0 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=10 March 2021 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Iraq War}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahhaf, Muhammad Saeed}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Iraqi politicians]] {{bio-stub}}