] Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV
]
] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) %u2014 The former Iraqi
] information minister, who gained notoriety during the war
] for wildly implausible claims of victory, showed up on
] Arab television Thursday %u2014 his first appearance
] since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.
]
]
] al-Sahhaf gained notoriety during the war for denying
] that U.S. troops were in Baghdad.
]
] AP
]
]
] In an interview with Al-Arabiya satellite network,
] Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf claimed he had surrendered to
] American forces, was questioned and let go.
]
] "Through some friends, I went to the Americans," he said.
] "I was interrogated about a number of subjects related to
] my job. After that, I was released."
]
] The network aired only a few remarks from the 30-minute
] interview it said it conducted with al-Sahhaf on Thursday
] in a Baghdad suburb. The full interview was to air on
] Friday.

Make this guy White House Press Secretary - he lies much better than Ari Fleischer did.

Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV