Comical Ali face pot produced by Kevin Francis Ceramics of Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 2003. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq. Ali's face pot quote, "We are winning", was a common refrain of his mis-information.
Maker:
Kevin Francis Face Pots
England
circa 2003
Model #:
Derivative
face pot
Size:
small
Height:
2"
