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Saddam tape forcasts defeat for us troops { August 1 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3203029 http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3203029 'Saddam' Tape Forecasts Defeat Soon for U.S. Troops Fri August 1, 2003 07:39 AM ET By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI (Reuters) - A new audiotape purportedly from Saddam Hussein, broadcast on Friday, forecast that U.S. and British forces would soon be defeated by Iraqi resistance. "Our belief is strong that God will grant us victory and we are confident that the moment for the foreign army to collapse is possible at any moment," said the tape aired by Al Jazeera satellite television. The voice sounded like Saddam's. "It (defeat) is coming at any time because of the painful blows of the strugglers against the occupiers and the rejection of the occupation by our dignified people." The United States is offering $25 million bounty for Saddam. It hopes finding him will help end a guerrilla campaign that has killed at least 52 U.S. troops, at an accelerating rate, since President Bush declared major combat over on May 1. The U.S. military blames Saddam loyalists for the attacks. "We call on you sons and brothers to be disciplined and orderly so we won't be taken by surprise," the supposed voice of the former Iraqi president added. The speaker gave two different dates for the tape; July 27, 2003 and July 28 under the Islamic calendar. The speaker conceded that some "low and undignified" Iraqis had collaborated with the U.S. forces, and he urged Iraqis to fight and drive U.S. forces from Iraq. "Some people lost their sense of balance during the war... and afterwards... The sense of balance will not be restored except through those who struggle in the name of the principles that will satisfy the nation, people and God." "Only the actions of the faithful who struggled and fought can evict the invaders so that Iraq can return to normal," the voice said. In a tape broadcast by another Arab television station on Tuesday, Saddam apparently mourned the death of his two sons Uday and Qusay, killed by U.S. forces last month. He said they died as martyrs and vowed America would be defeated. The CIA said it believed Tuesday's tape was almost certainly authentic. In the new tape, the speaker called on Iraqis not to let fear of the occupiers overwhelm them. "The feeling of guilt or fear of the future... causes some to commit treason... instead of becoming a loaded weapon against the foreign occupying soldier." "SADDAM" TELLS IRAQIS WHAT TO DO WITH VEHICLES He said Iraqis had "the priority and the right to the country's wealth which the occupiers are seeking to destroy, seize or channel to suit their mean objectives, including handing it out to their evil treacherous followers who have accompanied their tanks." He urged those whose possessions had been looted in the aftermath of the war not to seek revenge. "I call upon you to respect international law and all religions when enemy troops surrender themselves to you," the speaker said. Friday's tape was the sixth "Saddam tape" to be aired since the former Iraqi leader disappeared after U.S.-led forces toppled him in April. The man on the tape spoke authoritatively as if he was still at the helm of power, giving detailed instructions and a vision of Iraq's future "when things get back to normal." He said the Iraqi leadership had decided "to grant all its vehicles, those missing and those kept for safekeeping with some people, as gifts which they are free to sell or keep without any legal ramification now or in the future." He asked people "to keep and benefit from these vehicles and to present a detailed list to the president after things return to their normal course in the future." "It is not allowed for anybody to hand over the vehicles under their possession to the criminal occupiers, their treacherous followers or their administrative bodies." "Greetings, greetings to you Iraq. Saddam Hussein July 27, 2003, 28 of Jamadi al-Awal (28 of July), 1424 of the Islamic calendar."

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