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SADDAM HUSSEIN'S 
CALL TO 
IRAQI NATION
(JULY 17, 2003)

SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CALL 
TO IRAQI NATION
ABOUT THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 
OF BA'ATHIST REVOLUTON OF 17 JULY

Iraqi leader Saddam HUSSEIN call on Iraqis to mount a jihad, or holy struggle, to oust occupying U.S. troops in an audiotape aired on this Thursday July 17 and broadcast by two Arabic language stations. The tape, aired by Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera satellite TV, coincided with the 35th anniversary of his Baath Party's rise to power in Iraq.

The tape referred to recent events in Iraq, demonstrating that Saddam is well alive.

President Saddam HUSSEIN described as "baseless" U.S. and British allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the main justification for the war. And he attacked the formation of Iraq's new U.S.-backed puppets Governing Council, saying it could not serve the Iraqi people. And it brands Iraqi officials appointed by the coalition - including the newly established Iraq Governing Council - as "lackeys" of the American occupier.

The speaker on the tape vowed that resistance against U.S. occupation would intensify. The message praises Iraqi inhabitants of towns where US troops have repeatedly come under attack. He also urged Iraqis of all sects and ethnic groups to unite in fighting the occupation, saying the Governing Council was a puppet of Washington.

Saddam HUSSEIN’s Call :

"Iraq is the latest chain in the aggression and evil led by Zionism. The US and Britain executed the debased duty on its [Zionism] behalf and on behalf of others who shamefully co-operated with them.

"Many cards have been exposed and, with God's help, other cards will be exposed. They are all devoid of any endearing meaning at any level and according to any national or human norms.

'Liars'

"What will the two liars, Bush and Blair, say to their people and to humanity after this? What will the troop of liars who supported them say?

The only genuine solution is to resist the occupation through jihad in order to defeat the occupiers and expel them

"What will they tell the world after they wove the scenario of lies against Iraq's people, leadership, and civilisation in this age, and against its ancient civilisation?

"It transpired that their statements were false and lies, and that the lies included in them were known to the US president and the British prime minister when they decided to stage war and aggression...

"O great people; O faithful men in the ranks of our valiant armed forces; O faithful women: It is a new phase to evoke a further and fresh resolve based on the meanings of the faith that brought about the July Revolution...

"It is a new stage to purify the soul from all the impurities, which might have also affected some people who were in power...

'Administration of evil'

"O great people: The administration of occupation and evil had issued its orders according to the instructions of Washington, Tel Aviv, and London.

What could those whom the foreign occupier appoints offer to the people and homeland, unless their offerings correspond to the will of the occupation?

"It appointed some of those who follow its orders in line with a despicable division of great Iraq. By so doing, the occupiers have revealed part of their intentions and schemes to divide Iraq.

"We are certain that our glorious, vigilant and great people, who rejected and resisted occupation, will reject all orders by the colonialists and consider them the natural result of the colonialists' plans and schemes, as well as the schemes of the evil aggressors...

"What could those whom the foreign occupier appoints offer to the people and homeland, unless their offerings correspond to the will of the occupation?

"They are appointed by the will of the foreigner. Hence, they serve the foreign occupier and are not servants of the people nor masters in the homeland...

"The foreign occupier occupied Iraq to weaken it and destroy its will, its achievements, its presence and future. Therefore anything that comes from it aims at weakening Iraq.

"The only genuine solution that does not make those who implement it regret it is to resist the occupation through jihad in order to defeat the occupiers and expel them outside Iraq...

"Long live the principles of the July revolution and the great and brave revolution of July."

Saddam HUSSEIN's Intervention - French version

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