SADDAM SPEECH
Doha Qatar, al-Jazirah Space Channel Television in Arabic 1538 GMT
[Speech by Iraq President Saddam Husayn; place and date not
given-recorded]
{FBIS Translated Text] Oh, unbelievers, if ye prayed for victory and
judgment, now hath the judgment come to you: If ye desist from wrong, it
will be best for you; if ye return to the attack, so shall we. Not the
least good will your forces be to you even if they were multiplied: For
verily God is with those who believe. [Koranic verse]
Oh, great people; oh valiant personnel of the heroic Armed Forces;
oh, glorious women, who teach lessons and virtue, may God's peace,
mercy, and blessings be upon you.
It is the third day of your jihad, patience, chivalry, and high flags
of victory, God willing. We are in the third day of the immortal days of
conquest. These are glorious days. History will be proud of these days
and those who make them: The great Iraqi people, and their bulwark and
sword: The heroic army, which records these days with letters of light.
God wanted this day to show the ability of the nation and humanity in
confronting the aggression and injustice. Afterward, the nation will
discover the way that will entrench faith and confidence in hearts.
This way, the bulwark of the nation will be strong in the face of the
storms of evil and the ambitions of the devils in the United States and
the devils of Zionism or Zionist devils, and those who are allied with
them and give support to their evil against right. This light will be
glaring and dazzling in the Arab nation - the nation of prophets and
messengers and the cradle of messages. This way, humanity will be in a
better state.
Oh, great people: Fate and history did not hesitate when they chose
you as their symbol while hoisting your nation's flag of jihad," Saddam
Hussein continued in his speech to the nation.
They did not hesitate when they decided that you deserve to be the
nation's healthy and clear conscience. In fact, you are the nation's
head that does not miscalculate constants and basic principles, God
willing.
You were your Arab nation's representatives, in addition your being
the representatives of your people, against the foreigner, so as to
express the position and great honour you and your nation deserve, and
to show that the weakness of the nation, here or there, is not one of
its constant or genuine characteristics, but it is the characteristic of
those who make it only.
Thank and praise God for your success in this tribulation after God
has upgraded your status through His banner, the banner of God is great.
Continue resistance for you are its creators and people, and you are the
people of right, patience, and the great and noble qualities.
Continue resistance and attack in the name of God. God is great and
ignominy be to the criminals.
Oh, Arab mujahedin and strugglers, O people in our glorious Arab
nation, Oh, faithful ones in our nation that God wants to be a justly
balanced nation that might be a witness over humanity, and Prophet
Muhammad, may God's peace and blessing be upon him, be a witness over
yourselves.
We swear by God that we will be as you have always known us to be. We
are your people and brothers in the Iraq of virtue, jihad, faith, and
glory.
By God, we will not bargain, or conciliate with evil at the expense of
right. Nor would we let vice take the place of virtue. Nor would we
fear other than God and kneel to anyone but Him Almighty.
We will not apologise for our defence of right. With the will of God,
great Iraq will triumph. This will be your triumph, you Arabs, the
faithful people, and sincere friends in the world.
Shame on and damned be the supporters of devil, vice, and corruption.
Glory to the virtuous martyrs, who are now in heaven with the Merciful
God. Greetings to the Armed Forces men and to the men and women
militants of the great Ba'th Party. Greetings to the personnel of the
national security agencies who are the eyes of our great people.
Greetings to every single individual in this fighting, steadfast,
courageous, mujahid people, the people of great Iraq. Greetings to the
Air Defence men, the high wall of Iraq who confront barbarism and its
evil, destructive spirit, which violates our airspace to attack the
lofty Iraq with long-range launch systems.
Special greetings to the grandchildren of Zarqa al-Yamamah [A
legendary woman from Arab history known for seeing things from a very
long distance], the courageous men who sight flying objects and who
provide the Air Defence men with the most accurate information at the
proper time.
Greetings of appreciation, amity, and boundless confidence in all
people of al-Rafidayn [he land of the two rivers] the grandchildren of
Abraham.
Long live great Iraq. Long live our glorious Arab nation.Long live
Palestine, free, Arab, and dignified. God is great. God is great. Damned
be the lowly.
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