The Dictator Faces New York Media at the Waldorf Astoria: Sacha Baron Cohen as Shabazz Aladeen

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has appeared at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in character as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, the lead star of the new parody film "The Dictator." Dressed in a style similar to that of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, Cohen's fictional dictator took questions from the New York media including to confirm rumors that Admiral General Aladeen had been banned from British television for a variety of offenses. 'The Dictator' opens in cinemas this month and follows on from Cohen's previous smash hit 'Borat' about a Kazakh journalist who travels through America seeking romance with Baywatch star Pamela Anderson which generated over $250m in box office receipts Cohen as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen: "Good afternoon. Welcome devils of the Zionist media and death to the West! Today I wish to highlight the plight of a terribly endangered group, the innocent victims of a global human tragedy, dictators... Oh yes, it is true. The BBC has issued sanctions against me. They have banned me from all the BBC channels and also the BBC radio. It's true. Look, nobody is aa bigger fan of state sponsored, sorry I have something in my mouth, don't worry it's not what you're thinking -- look, nobody is a bigger fan of the state sponsored censorship than me, but the BBC took it too far. All I wanted to do on the BBC was use their air waves to promote my anti-West, anti-Zionist platform and to quell those nasty rumors about the Holocaust. I guess no good <b>...</b>
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The Dictator Faces New York Media at the Waldorf Astoria: Sacha Baron Cohen as Shabazz Aladeen