text: who was the iraqi press guy in the first gulf war? the one who said usa losing while baghdad burned behind him there was press conference once and while he was saying that america was losing badly you could see the city behine him (baghdad i think) burning in the background. his name is muhammed saeed al-sahaf (aka "baghdad bob).  he actually developed a rather large fan club in with people in the army.  after the war he surrendered but was not considered to be worth holding and was immediately released.  he subsequently emigrated to the united arab emirates where is lives in obscurity.