Saddam Hussein’s daughters have expressed deep affection for their father in interviews, but said they did not know where he was and that they last saw him a week before the Iraqi war started.

The former Iraqi information minister whose wildly implausible claims of victory during the war led to him being dubbed “Comical Ali”, has made his first TV appearance since the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Comical Ali, the former Iraqi information minister who gained notoriety during the war for wildly implausible claims of victory – made his first TV appearance today since the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime.