They are becoming hysterical. This is the result of frustration.

It was unworthy of our military sources that they were the first to weaken.

Our initial assessment is that they will all die.

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra… Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us.

W. Bush, this man is a war criminal, and we will see that he is brought to trial.

It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait.

Their objective is to get to the outskirts of Baghdad. So be it.