Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.

The Iraqi people are capable of fighting to the victorious end which God wants... the blood of our martyrs will burn you!

You will triumph, O Iraqis, and with you the sons of your Arab nation

Does [America] realize the meaning of every Iraqi becoming a missile that can cross to countries and cities?

Iraq will triumph and with Iraq will our Arab nation and mankind also triumph.

Long live jihad and long live Palestine.

Our relations with Iran have witnessed grave crises because of the policies of successive regimes in Iran which have considered Iraq and the Arab homeland, particularly the Arab Gulf area, as a sphere for domination and influence.