Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Quotes
No one received them [the coalition forces] with roses. They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets.
Al-Sahaf, Mohammed Saeed. Press Briefing. CNN, 24 Mar. 2003.
The Secretary General was informed of the North Korean attack on South Korea:
At the time the President denied that he had decided to invade Iraq. Skelton saw the “handwriting on the world.”
Right wing conservatives were not always in favor of large defense expenditures. Prior to WWII most were opposed to defense spending and they were the pacifists. Clark was one of the few that maintained this view after WWII.
Cunningham was part of an American Diplomatic Delegation negotiating with the Vietnamese. He had been an Naval Ace Fighter Pilot during the Vietnam War. He was notorious for his lack of tact.
Kerry, a decorated, former Navy officer, was then a spokesperson for Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Although Great Britain had abolished slavery, British economic interests during the Civil War suffered because of the northern blockade of the South. Much political opinion in England was hostile to the blockade policies of the Union. Bright, a great admirer and supporter of the United Sates and the Union cause was concerned that the United States might drift into War with Great Britain. His letter to Senator Sumner was written with the understanding that it would be in shared with President Lincoln, and it was actually read at a cabinet meeting.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf also known as Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali, is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Media and Foreign Affairs Minister under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government.
