Foreign troops? Here in Baghdad? Lies, all lies! We have beaten the infidel! (Ducks incoming shell.)

"Just across the Tigris River, seemingly in an orbit of his own, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf was performing a daily denial routine so bizarre that it makes him seem like a character in a late-night comedy skit."

So says the Chicago Tribune. Josh Marshall weighs in here: "One almost expects before too long to see Al-Sahaf ... broadcasting from an American POW camp, telling listeners that reports of Iraqi battlefield reverses are vastly overstated."