The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them.

With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.

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

I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children.

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.

There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!

We will welcome them with bullets and shoes.