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

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.

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

The criminals will be humiliated... To hurt the enemy more, raise the level of your attacks.

Whoever dies will be rewarded by heaven.

Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them.

We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted.