President Saddam Hussein has vowed in a letter that Iraqi forces will stop U.S.-led invaders advancing on Baghdad and will drive them out of Iraq, state television reported on Thursday. "Damn them, and by God, there will be thousands of soldiers fighting for what is right, virtue and faith in defense of the land of prophets and holy places, of belief and devotion," it quoted Saddam as writing in a letter to his niece on April 1.
| That was April Fools' Day... |
"They (Iraqi soldiers) will not let them reach Baghdad. They will cripple them until they return to their countries defeated, leaving our country for its people," Saddam was quoted as telling his niece, Thurayyah Barzan.
If he's not dead, you'd think he'd have more pressing issues than the need to write a letter to his niece.
SADDAM: "I think I'll go for a walk."
COALITION: "You're not fooling anyone, you know." |