BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In a letter marking the Islamic new year Tuesday, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said Iraq will defeat any invaders and accused the United States of trying to turn Arabs into slaves.
"The tyrant thinks he is capable of enslaving the people and hiding the decisions, freedoms and legitimate choices (they were born with) when their mothers delivered them as free people," Saddam said in the letter, read Tuesday morning by an announcer on state-run television.I hope GW whips Iraq soon so I can get my own Arab slave. There are so many more things I could get done if I had my own slave. I mean, number one, I could finally get the house painted. And the cat's litter box ... yuck. And the vacuum hasn't been run since we had company at Christmas.