I'm not holding fast to my position, but to respect the will of the people that decided to choose Saddam Hussein as the leader of the revolution. Therefore, when I say president of the Republic of Iraq, it's not a formality or a holding fast to a position, but rather to reiterate to the Iraqi people that I respect its will.

The United States must get a taste of its own poison.

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

The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world.

The faithful will be victorious over the sinners.

By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq.

The oil is a gift bestowed by God on the Arab nation, to use after centuries of poverty, backwardness and servitude - in raising its living standards, developing its economic, social and cultural conditions, and building up its own power to meet the challenges and conspiracies besetting it.