The following statement was issued after bombing began on Thursday by Uday Hussein, elder son of President Saddam Hussein who was ordered by President Bush to leave the country with his father.
This is the day that we have been waiting for to defend the beloved land of Iraq and its beloved leader President Saddam Hussein with our lives.
This is the day that we have been waiting for to prove to our country and people that our mothers' milk was pure. This is the day that we have been waiting for to defend the beloved land of Iraq and its beloved leader President Saddam Hussein with our lives. This is the day that we have been waiting for to please God because we believed in him, loved him, and will remain devoted strugglers on his land or martyrs in his skies.
This is the day that we have been waiting for so that the glorious women of Iraq will chant: Victorious heroes or faithful martyrs who kept their pledge to God and are thankful that they will precede their brothers in martyrdom and in defending our great Iraq and glorious Arab nation.
O brothers and comrades of jihad, rise and smite their necks and fingertips. Prove to them that we are the sons of the free and the honourable, while they are bastards. Today belongs to us and tomorrow will be ours. The land will forever remain ours, Iraq will remain our Iraq, God Almighty our God, and Saddam Hussein our beloved one.
Let the lions of Iraq rise over the foreign hyenas. Victory will be achieved with help from God and our enemies will face shame and disgrace with help from God, the supporter of the believers.
God promises victory to his messengers and those who believe in him. - (Iraqi News Agency)