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

Long live jihad and long live Palestine.

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

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

We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.

And just as your beautiful skyscrapers were destroyed and caused your grief, beautiful buildings and precious homes crumbled over their owners in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq by American weapons.... Americans should feel the pain they have inflicted on other peoples of the world, so as when they suffer, they will find the right solution and the right path.

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.