Saddam Vows to Repel Any US Attack
Sun Apr 7, 7:22 PM ET
By SAMEER S. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The defiant Iraqi president vowed to defeat the United States if it attacks Iraq and to continue supplying the Palestinians "with every means by which they can defend themselves."
"We will fight (the Americans) with missiles, warplanes, marsh reeds and even stones and they will be defeated," Saddam Hussein was quoted as saying by state-run media during a Sunday meeting with top military commanders.
He rejected U.S. criticism over payments to families of Palestinian suicide bombers, saying: "If Iraq has the chance and the capability to supply the Palestinians with every means by which they can defend themselves in a better way, we will not hesitate to do so."
