Ṣaḥḥāf, Muḥammad Saʻīd, 1940-
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Name (Latin)
Ṣaḥḥāf, Muḥammad Saʻīd, 1940-
Name (Arabic)
الصحاف، محمد سعيد
Other forms of name
El Sahaf, Mohammed Saeed, 1940-
Sahaf, Mohammed Saeed, 1940-
صحاف، محمد سعيد
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- al-Ṣaḥḥaf, wa-asrār suqūṭ Baghdad, 2003:p.17 (Muḥammad Saʻīd al-Ṣaḥḥāf, b. 1940 fī al-Ḥillah bi-al-qurb min Karbalāʼ; Iraq's Ambassador at United Nations; in 1992 became Iraq's Foreign Minister)
- Internet resources: www.google.com(Mohammed Saeed El Sahaf; Information Minister of Iraq during Saddam regime)
- The Author's الصحاف والعلوج, ٢٠٠٣.
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Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
Iraqi TV, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940) 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 (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.
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