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Former Iraqi information minister
al-Sahaf captured: report
June 25, 2003 12:07 IST
Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper on Wednesday said American troops had arrested Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraq's information minister under Saddam Hussein, at a roadblock in a Baghdad suburb.
There was no immediate reaction from Washington.
The ex-minister, dubbed 'Comical Ali' for proclaiming the defeat of US forces even as they moved into Baghdad, had been hiding out at a relative's house, but was caught on Monday night, the paper said in a report from Baghdad.
"He has some serious talking to do... this time," the paper quoted a 'senior coalition source' as saying.
At the height of his popularity, al-Sahaf even had a web site dedicated to his quotes.