Rumsfeld calls Iraqi leader 'liar'

Tuesday, June 11, 2002

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is a "world-class liar" who is trying to fool the world into thinking he has no interest in weapons of mass destruction, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told U.S. troops Monday on this island nation in the Persian Gulf.

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