Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Leading up to the 2003 military invasion and lengthy occupation of Iraq, it was common for the American press to ridicule Baghdad Bob and to demonize the Butcher of Baghdad. Baghdad Bob was Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf who served as Iraq’s Information Minister. He is best known for exaggerating Iraq’s invincible army. An army that was, and due to a ten-year No Fly Zone War and stringent economic sanctions, continually bombed back to the Stone Age and starved. The Butcher of Baghdad was Saddam Hussein. The mainstream press continually reminded Americans of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial and ruthlessness policies, including his invasion of…
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