] The minister also said that coalition forces were
] throwing booby traps in the form of pens and pencils into
] Iraqi villages and townships.
]
] "The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning
] to the civilian population not to pick up any of those
] pencils because they are booby traps," he said, adding
] that the British and American forces were "immoral
] mercenaries" and "war criminals" for such behavior.
]
] "I am not talking about the American people and the
] British people," he said. "I am talking about those
] mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those
] pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps
] to kill the children."

I didn't quote the main parts of this article. I just wanted to quote this to see if anyone else thinks this is the most insanely bizarre bit of propoganda yet.

CNN.com - Iraqi official: U.S. lying about progress - Apr. 2, 2003