[The Great Satan]

Thank you. Here's the reference: "At dawn prayers today on March 20, 2003 (17 Muharram 1424), the criminal, reckless little Bush and his aides committed this crime which he was threatening to commit against Iraq and humanity." On the face of it, that favors this being a post-attack tape. OTOH, I suppose Saddam may have anticipated an attack at the expiry of the deadline, and pre-recorded the tape or rehearsed the speech. Very hard to see how he could have been carried off on stretcher with an oxygen mask and then made this recording a few hours later. Something's up.

[js1138]

Thank you. Here's the reference: "At dawn prayers today on March 20, 2003 (17 Muharram 1424), the criminal, reckless little Bush and his aides committed this crime which he was threatening to commit against Iraq and humanity."

Where can we see the transcript?

[justa-hairyape]

Something's up

Also note that he only calls it 'this crime'. Absolutely no specifics at all.

[Redleg Duke]

I think the oxygen mask was there to hold the front half of his head to the back half of his head.

I suspect Saddam is the fourth for bridge with Osama, Adolph and Joseph!

[painter]

"OTOH, I suppose Saddam may have anticipated an attack at the expiry of the deadline, and pre-recorded the tape or rehearsed the speech"

That would explain him wearing glasses and reading it off a note pad.I haven't seen very many of his "defiant" speeches,but the ones I have seen he never wore glasses and read off a note pad.