We have done everything possible to let this country and the whole region avoid the danger and the threat of war and destruction by the warmongers of Washington and their ally [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, |
We hope this round will be a step toward achieving comprehensive settlement and a comprehensive solution, at the forefront of which comes a lifting of the embargo imposed on our people for more than 12 years, |
We will teach them a lesson they will not forget. Our people are fighting the attackers everywhere and we will put their head in the mud, |
[Iraq has offered to allow the return of U.N. weapons inspectors.] Now that Iraq has accepted the return of U.N. inspectors, we will all be able to see how they work, ... In our past experience with them -- 1991-1998 -- Iraq used to ask some of the inspection teams to do their job in accordance with the declared goals of the Security Council -- but some of the inspectors went on doing intelligence and espionage work that had nothing to do with the official mandate of the inspection teams. |
[• Iraq claims it has found an Israeli missile in Baghdad and accuses Israel of] taking part in this aggression against Iraq, ... Israel is not engaged in this war in any way. |