Iraq will inflict massive casualties on American troops if the United States launches an invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, a senior Iraqi legislator declared Monday. Iraqi parliament speaker Saadoun Hammadi told a group of legislators from the European Parliament that Iraq "will not turn the other cheek" should the United States use force to make Saddam's regime give up banned weapons programs. "American aggression will end up in a catastrophe for them," Hammadi said. "They will incur casualties beyond their imagination."
Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in one battle... I say to you clearly that Iraq’s rights... we will take one by one... If you use pressure [to oppose us], we will deploy pressure and force. We know that you can harm us although we do not threaten you. But we too can harm you. Everyone can cause harm according to their ability and their size. We cannot come all the way to you in the United States, but individual Arabs may reach you. No, wait. That's what they said the last time... |