"Comical Ali" says Uday, Qusay not behind attacks

[Nambe]

ABU DHABI (Reuters)

Iraq's former Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said on Wednesday the deaths of Saddam's two sons would not end anti-U.S. attacks, insisting they were not directly behind them.

"The two men were hidden and were not in a position to resist or lead a resistance. Their situation was limited, they were imprisoned," Sahaf, nicknamed "Comical Ali" during the U.S.-led war, told Abu Dhabi television.

Sahaf said attacks on U.S. forces that took place after the killing of Uday and Qusay on Tuesday proved that the brothers had no active role in attacks against U.S.-led occupying forces. ---

[CafeToad]

1. Busy day for this guy

Comments on Saddam's sons AND meeting Ari:

Admin Ari Meet Baghdad Bob

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/23/opinion/garver/main564667.shtml

[Flubadubya]

2. Comic-Ali is probably right...

and the Bushies still have their heads up their butts if they think this will slow down the rate of hostilities against our military personnel. Shrub can have all the Rose Garden Repartêes he wants, but it won't change anything.

BRING 'EM HOME NOW!

[Eloriel]

3. That's certainly the sense I had -- that these guys

weren't the driving force behind the resistance.

TWT -- Time will tell.

Eloriel

[TheBigGuy]

4. Hmm..so Comical Ali has went underground? In the UAE?

Sahaf, who turned himself in to U.S. forces and was later released, came to the United Arab Emirates this month, saying he might not return to his homeland. His specific whereabouts are undisclosed and he remains inaccessible to the public.

I wonder if he realizes how, uh, "popular" he was in the West with his reporting.

I noticed in that post that hes pretty much calling it straight this time. I also agree that these two sons are not behind these guerilla potshots.

[SOS]

5. ABC News

reported tonight that the brothers had been holed up in this house for the past 23 days. They were hiding in a fortified room. It is absurd to suggest that they were "directing" the resistance.
Today, thousands of Iraqis were demonstrating against the US in Baghdad.
The US had to bring in a PA system to tell them to either go home or face arrest. The killing of the Hussein brothers will have zero impact on the overall situtaion.