Saddam to deliver speech on Monday; Iraqi forces carry out war games around Baghdad
05-01-2003
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will deliver a televised speech on Army Day Monday, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
"The president will deliver a pan-Arab and historic speech tomorrow at 11 a.m. to the people of Iraq and members of our brave armed forces on the 82nd anniversary of the Iraqi Army," the agency said Sunday.
Meanwhile, a civilian militia that could be a bulwark in defending Baghdad against a possible U.S. invasion has carried out a war game designed to block an enemy force attacking from several directions, an Iraqi newspaper reported Sunday.
The official daily Al-Iraq said the people's militia of al Baath Party conducted the combat drill Saturday in Babil province, directly south of Baghdad. Militiamen practiced deceiving an attacking enemy and fighting in urban and rural areas, the paper said.
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http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=238353&lang=e&dir=news
11:00 local time Baghdad time (3 a.m. EST)
They better worry more about getting their funerals in order.