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We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
politician, diplomat, journalist
1940 – 2021
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.