Jveritas: This has probably been posted one time or another. However, In context of what currently going on with the regime documents and the WMD in the news it might help you corroborate one thing or another. They are exceprts from Saddam's speeches and newpapers. I hope they serve you well.
Saddam Hussein: In His Own Words
Quotes from Saddam and Iraq 's regime-controlled media
October 18, 2002
For years, Saddam Hussein and his regime have used state-controlled media in Iraq to spread lies, and threaten his neighbors and the world. Below is a sampling of quotes from Saddam and the Iraqi media -- keyed to significant events -- showing a pattern of threats stretching back more than a decade.
The Gulf War, February 1991
"We will chase Americans to every corner at all times. No high tower of steel will protect them against the fire of truth."
Saddam Hussein, Baghdad Radio, February 8, 1991
"America will not be excluded from the operations and explosions of the Arab and Muslim mujahidin and all the honest strugglers in the world."
Iraq News Agency, January 30, 1991
(State-controlled)
"What remains for Bush and his accomplices in crime is to understand that they are personally responsible for their crime. The Iraqi people will pursue them for this crime, even if they leave office and disappear into oblivion. There is no doubt they will understand what we mean if they know what revenge means to the Arabs."
Baghdad Radio, February 6, 1991
(State-controlled)
"Every Iraqi child, woman, and old man knows how to take revenge...They will avenge the pure blood that has been shed no matter how long it takes.
Baghdad Domestic Service, February 15, 1991
(State-controlled)
Iraq Masses Troops Against Kuwait , October 1994
"Does America realize the meaning of every Iraqi becoming a missile that can cross to countries and cities?" Saddam Hussein, September 29, 1994
"[W]hen peoples reach the verge of collective death, they will be able to spread death to all..." Al-Jumhuriyah, October 4, 1994
(State-controlled newspaper)
"Our striking arm will reach America, Britain and Saudi Arabia before they know what hit them."
Al-Qadisiyah, October 6, 1994
(State-controlled newspaper)
"One chemical weapon fired in a moment of despair could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands."
Al-Quds al-Arabi, October 12, 1994
(State-controlled newspaper)
Release of UNSCOM Report, April 10, 1995
"Although Iraq 's options are limited, they exist... Iraq 's present state is that of a wounded tiger. Its blow could be painful, even if it is the last blow..."
Al-Quds Al-'Arabi, June 9, 1995
(State-controlled newspaper)
Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996
"The U.S. should send more coffins to Saudi Arabia , because no one can guess what the future has in store."
Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, June 27, 1996
Operation Desert Fox, December 1998
"What is required now is to deal strong blows to U.S. and British interests. These blows should be strong enough to make them feel that their interests are indeed threatened not only by words but also in deeds."
Al-Qadisiyah, February 27, 1999
(State-controlled newspaper)
U.S.S. Cole Bombing, October 12, 2000
"Iraqis should intensify struggle and jihad in all fields and by all means..."
Iraq TV, October 22, 2000
(State-controlled)
The Attacks of September 11
"If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?"
Al-Rafidayn, September 11, 2002
(State-controlled newspaper)
"It is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can, not bigger than the size of a hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything..."
Babil, September 20, 2001
(State-controlled newspaper)
"The United States must get a taste of its own poison..."
Babil, October 8, 2001
"The [US] should realise that there are 25 million suicide attackers born in Baghdad and Iraq's cities, villages and desert."
January, 2003, government newspaper al-Jumhouriyah