What they say about a breakthrough is completely an illusion. They are sending their warplanes to fly very low in order to have vibrations on these sacred places.

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the people who are under siege.

They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender.

The military part of our information network - which we were accustomed to rely on for exact information - was the first part of the network to fall apart

During the battles last night and at dawn, they [ Ba'th Socialist Party fighters] had destroyed three American helicopters

They [US soldiers] started to commit suicide on the Baghdad walls. We will encourage them to double their suicide attempts.

They are sick in their minds. They say they brought 65 tanks into center of city. I say to you this talk is not true. This is part of their sick mind.