Editing Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (section)

===Nicknames===
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"<ref name=bags>{{cite news |first=Liza |last=Porteus |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/report-u-s-bags-baghdad-bob |title=Report: U.S. Bags 'Baghdad Bob' |work=Fox News Channel |access-date=25 June 2003 |date=25 June 2003}}</ref> (in the style of previous propagandists with geographical aliases—some of them alliterative, such as "[[Tokyo Rose]]" and "[[Hanoi Hannah]]" and "[[Seoul City Sue]]") by commentators in the United States. He was nicknamed "Comical Ali" by commentators in the United Kingdom; commentators in Italy similarly nicknamed him "Alì il Comico". These nicknames were given because he made statements about the conflict that were wildly at odds with reality, and western media treated him as a parody during the initial stages of the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Posetti, Alice |first1=Julie, Matthews |title=A Short Guide to the History of 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A New ICFJ Learning Module |url=https://www.icfj.org/news/short-guide-history-fake-news-and-disinformation-new-icfj-learning-module |website=International Center for Journalists |language=en}}</ref>