From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Local name for the Iraqi Info Minister:

Baghdad Bob.

Don't know if it was used anywhere else, but it fit like Tokyo Rose.

--
Glenn M.


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e94c68a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&u=/ap/20030409/ap_on_re_mi_ea
> /war_arabs_4&printer=1
>
> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The fall of Baghdad provoked shock and disbelief
> Wednesday among Arabs, who expressed hope that other oppressive regimes
> would crumble but also disappointment that Saddam Hussein (news - web
sites)
> did not put up a better fight against America.
>
> "Why did he fall that way? Why so fast?" said Yemeni
homemaker Umm Ahmed,
> tears streaming down her face. "He's a coward. Now I feel sorry for his
> people."
>
> Arabs clustered at TV sets in shop windows, coffee shops, kitchens and
> offices to watch the astounding pictures of U.S. troops overwhelming an
Arab
> capital for the first time ever.
>
> Feeling betrayed and misled, some turned off their sets in disgust when
> jubilant crowds in Baghdad celebrated the arrival of U.S. troops.
>
> "We discovered that all what the (Iraqi) information minister was saying
was
> all lies," said Ali Hassan, a government employee in Cairo,
Egypt. "Now no
> one believes Al-Jazeera anymore."
> [...]
>
> ---------------------
>
> you gotta be kidding, people really believed that guy? Do these people not
> have access to any other news sources except aljazeera? How shocked they
> must have been to see Iraqis shaking hands with US soldiers...
>
> now where did I put that quote from Phil.. oh here it is
>
> ---------------------
>
> > > Saddam Hussein is an egomaniacal bully. He will never leave with his
> tail
> > > between his legs, death is far superior to dishonor to him.
> >
> > He'll run, he just won't want anyone to know that's what he's doing.
>
> And this oft-repeated pseudo-fact is based on what?
>
> I don't expect him to run.  Neither do I expect US forces ever to be
> treated by the people of Iraq as anything other than loathsome and hated
> invaders.
>
> Both Philip of Spain and Hitler allowed themselves to be convinced that
> they would be welcomed if they invaded Britain and that the Government of
> the day would immediately collapse.  Others have convinced themselves
about
> other countries.
>
> Doesn't happen.
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
>   http://www.isham-research.com
>   +44 7785 302 803
>   +49 173 6242039
> --------------------
>
> yo Phil, you might want to question your news sources if they provided you
> with the information that lead you to that conclusion, I noticed a major
> change in attitude at BBC today. I wasn't sure before but I will now
answer
> your question, the pseudo-fact was based on reality.
>
> Geo. (I wonder how this played out in Paris?)
>
>

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