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06-01-03, 04:24 PM
Sunday 1 June 2003 03:22pm
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COMICAL ALI 'ALIVE AND WELL' Jun 1 2003
By Millicent Brown
IRAQI information minister Comical Ali is alive, well and still in Baghdad, it was claimed last night.
Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf - the Saddam Hussein spokesman who denied Americans were in Baghdad when they could be seen behind him - still wears his trademark green beret and army uniform, say reports.
He disappeared on the day Saddam's statue was toppled and it was thought he could have committed suicide or even escaped.
But last night it was reported that he is now a broken man who stays at home with wife Lamia, two sons and a daughter. He won't talk about what he has been through and friends are worried he is losing his mind.
His main fear is attacks from Iraqis. Government worker Hassan Abas said: "We hate him for claiming Baghdad was safe. Many people want to kill him now."
Sunday Mirror Pictures
COMICAL ALI 'ALIVE AND WELL' Jun 1 2003
By Millicent Brown
IRAQI information minister Comical Ali is alive, well and still in Baghdad, it was claimed last night.
Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf - the Saddam Hussein spokesman who denied Americans were in Baghdad when they could be seen behind him - still wears his trademark green beret and army uniform, say reports.
He disappeared on the day Saddam's statue was toppled and it was thought he could have committed suicide or even escaped.
But last night it was reported that he is now a broken man who stays at home with wife Lamia, two sons and a daughter. He won't talk about what he has been through and friends are worried he is losing his mind.
His main fear is attacks from Iraqis. Government worker Hassan Abas said: "We hate him for claiming Baghdad was safe. Many people want to kill him now."