The Iraqi Minister of Information says that the Americans have taken a hell of a lots of casualties:

At the airport:
6 tanks destroyed

10 tanks crippled

50 dead US soldiers

Plus:
2 Apaches shot down near a village

3 APCs and 5 tanks on outskirts of Baghdad - during the drive-by

1 'shovel' - he meant excavator, and was very insistent that the English word was 'shovel'.

2 tanks and 3 APCs south of Baghdad


The media, meanwhile, sniggered.