[sotd] April 15, 2003 [We Love the Iraqi Information Minister.com]

        Site of the Day for Tuesday, April 14, 2003

        We Love The Iraqi Information Minister.com

The List usually reserves today's type of website to the end of the week
but this Friday, being a solemn religious day in many countries, mitigates
against such frivolity. 

Gentle Members from around the globe have no doubt encountered the
inimitable news briefings of the Iraqi Minister of Information, Mr.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf. Those who irritably switched channels without
tapping into Mr. a-Sahaf's unique brand of polemic humor may be surprised
by the online following his particular wit has engendered. They may be even
more astonished to discover that a profitable war sideline has arisen, not
from the sale of priceless looted antiquities but from a spontaneous demand
for T-shirts, coffee mugs and aprons emblazoned with Mr. al-Sahaf's
quotable lines. 

"This site is a coalition effort of bloodthirsty hawks and ineffectual
doves united in admiration for Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of
Information (currently on administrative leave)"

"In an age of spin, al-Sahaf offers feeling and authenticity. His message
is consistent -- unshakeable, in fact, no matter the evidence -- but he
commands daily attention by his on-the-spot, invective-rich variations on
the theme. His lunatic counterfactual art is more appealing than the banal
awfulness of the Reliable Sources. He is a Method actor in a production
that will close in a couple of days. He stands superior to truth."  -
Jean-Pierre McGarrigle"

"We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels
- We have driven them back." Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf -  all quotes from the
website

The site offers the best of Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf's incomparable
military analysis with its "Treasury of Deathless Quotes". This website is
so popular that its server has at times been overwhelmed. Additional
mirrors are in the process of being set up.

Chortle to the website for the words of a man who has captured not soldiers
but audiences around the world at:

http://64.39.15.171/

  A.M. Holm
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