i diplomat
and politician
. He came to wide prominence around the world during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
, during which he was the Iraqi Information Minister under Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
, acting as the mouthpiece for the Baath Party
and Saddam's regime. He is best known for his grandiose and grossly unrealistic propaganda
broadcasts prior to and during the war, extolling the invincibility of the Iraqi Army
and the permanence of Saddam's rule.
"After Iraq aborts the invasion that is being carried out by the American and British villains, the USA will no longer be a superpower. Its deterioration will be rapid. I say to those villains who are meeting in Europe, thinking of launching psychological war and brainwashing: wait. Do not be hasty because your disappointment will be huge. You will reap nothing from this aggressive war, which you launched on Iraq, except for disgrace and defeat."
"Again, and according to my early estimates, unless the remaining part of their soldiers surrender, the chance for their survival is very slim."
"Americans are now in disarray."
"Blair...is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured."
"Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president."
"Bush, Tony Blair|Blair and Donald Rumsfeld|Rumsfeld. They are the funny trio."
"Bush, this man is a war criminal, and we will see that he is brought to trial."
"Coalition forces have not crossed the Tigris River and are not approaching Baghdad."
"Don't believe anything! We will chase the rascals back to London!"
"Faltering forces of infidels cannot just enter a country of 26 million people and lay besiege to them! They are the ones who will find themselves under siege. Therefore, in reality whatever this miserable Rumsfeld has been saying, he was talking about his own forces. Now even the American command is under siege."