Assuming unconfirmed reports of his suicide prove untrue, the man who made wild optimism a badge of pride for Iraqi spin doctors - 'the infidels are nowhere near the airport,' he claimed, as US marines played chase around Saddam International - would surely be an eye-catching hire.
'I understand al-Sahaf is now available on the recruitment scene,' says joint MD at Weber Shandwick's public affairs unit Jon Macleod, 'and that he is exciting a certain amount of interest among our less discerning competitors.
'Of course, we're not interested, but I do respect his ability to play a straight bat and to tell us unblinkingly that black is white.'
