Well, I personally believe Kevin has the answer to this one, and therefore the government is largely responsible for the misinformation floating about. . .But at least we're not as bad as Iraq. . .
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Iraq's Information Minister has claimed US soldiers are being "slaughtered in their hundreds at the walls of Baghdad".
In an impromptu press conference, in which Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf ignored the sound of gunfire, he denied there were US tanks in the city.
He said the US had claimed to have taken the Al Rashid hotel and the Ministry of Information.
"Absolutely that's not true. I can tell you that because I am here at the Ministry of Information," he said.
As live television pictures showed US tanks parked in the heart of the city, close to the ministry, al-Sahhaf continued his statement.
"They said they have entered Baghdad in 65 tanks, into the centre of the city, and I am telling you this is not true," he said.
"This is part of their sick game. We have slaughtered three-quarters of them so far. There is no presence of the American columns in Baghdad at all. Their columns are slaughtered and they have been fed a sour taste, a poison, by the brave forces of Saddam Hussein.
"They are beginning to commit suicide at the walls of Baghdad and I encourage them to increase the rate of suicide. Their columns are being killed in the hundreds at the walls of Baghdad. We have fed them hell and death.
"Washington and London have thrown their soldiers into the fire. They are war criminals. They will bury their soldiers in hell, sent there by the hands of the Iraqis. The battle was fierce and God has victored his soldiers.
"Baghdad is safe and solid and the Iraqis and the Baghdadians are heroes."
Story filed: 10:00 Monday 7th April 2003