Comical Ali(2003)
The very best of the Iraqi Information Minister
Comical Ali is a spoof documentary about the thus-nicknamed former Iraqi Minister for Information, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, whose bravura performances at press conferences throughout the brief Iraq War of 2003 turned him into a global icon.
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Comical Ali is a spoof documentary about the thus-nicknamed former Iraqi Minister for Information, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, whose bravura performances at press conferences throughout the brief Iraq War of 2003 turned him into a global icon.
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2003-07-06
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The very best of the Iraqi Information Minister
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