I know that there are scores of people plotting to kill me, and this is not difficult to understand. After all, did we not seize power by plotting against our predecessors? However, I am far cleverer than they are. I know they are conspiring to kill me long before they actually start planning to do it. This enables me to get them before they have the faintest chance of striking at me.

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

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

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

If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil. That means the destruction of the Iraqi national identity, since the Iraqis are committed to their principles and rights according to international law and the U.N. charter.

There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.

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.