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Al-Sahhaf is known for his daily press briefings in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His colorful appearances caused him to be nicknamed "Baghdad Bob" [4] (in the style of previous propagandists with geographical aliases—some of them alliterative, such as "Hanoi Hannah" and "Seoul City Sue") by commentators in the United States. He ...
During the Gulf War, he became a household name worldwide as the only reporter to have live coverage directly from Baghdad, especially during the first 16 hours. His dramatic reports often were accompanied by the sound of air raid sirens blaring and US bombs exploding in the background.
Two American air-to-surface missiles hit the Qatar satellite TV station at Al Jazeera's office in Baghdad and killed Tareq Ayyoub, a Palestinian reporter, and wounded Zouhair al-Iraqi, an Iraqi cameraman.
18 mar 2015 · War was imminent and the U.S. was going to bomb Baghdad. The first TV cable news journalists to cover a war in real time, they broadcast from their hotel room. CNN’s ratings soared and audiences...
19 mar 2013 · Al-Sahaf’s daily press briefings in the lead-up to the war and in its first weeks led to him being nicknamed “Baghdad Bob” or “Comical Ali” (an allusion to “Chemical Ali,” the ...
6 gru 2002 · The messengers -- anchor Bernard Shaw and reporters Peter Arnett and John Holliman -- were hunkered down perilously in their suite in the Al Rashid Hotel, at one point hiding under furniture to...
20 mar 2023 · Journalist Peter Arnett recalls being fired by NBC and hired by Piers Morgan as he covered the fall of Baghdad in Iraq 20 years ago.
