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A TV Comedy Turns an Unconventional Weapon on Iraq’s High and Mighty: Fake News
BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 — Nearly every night here for the past month, Iraqis weary of the tumult around them have been turning on the television to watch a wacky-looking man with a giant Afro wig and star-shaped glasses deliver the grim news of the day.
In a recent episode, the host, Saad Khalifa, reported that Iraq’s Ministry of Water and Sewage had decided to change its name to simply the Ministry of Sewage — because it had given up on the water part.
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I hope that gets youtubed sometime... though, I think that Khalifa's days might be numbered for doing this.
10-24-2006, 11:14 PM
Iraq's Jonny Stew
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