Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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As in past days, Information Minister Mohammed Saeed Sahhaf appeared before journalists at the Palestine Hotel. Like Monday, when he denied U.S. forces were in the city even as journalists asking questions could see them across the river, he predicted again today -- with no hint that events had challenged his conviction -- that U.S. soldiers would be defeated.

"Baghdad is bracing to pummel the invaders," he said.