Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf quotes:

When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush were scratching around in caves.

Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and we will continue to slaughter them.

The United Nations is a place for prostitution under the feet of Americans.

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.

We are in control, they are in a state of hysteria. Losers, they think that by killing civilians and trying to distort the feelings of the people they will win. I think they will not win, those bastards.

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.

There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!

The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad... Be assured, Baghdad is safe, protected. Iraqis are heroes.

God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis.

It did suffer and it became very weak, while the reporters from Iraqi radio and television stations were more active and had more accurate information.

They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this.

How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged.

You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay.

They are sick in their minds. They say they brought 65 tanks into center of city. I say to you this talk is not true. This is part of their sick mind.

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly.

Iraqi forces are still in control of the city, and they are engaging in an attrition war with the enemy.

Make the land of Islam a burning fire that burns their faces and feet wherever they pass

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them.

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that [American troops] have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly,

Their objective is to get to the outskirts of Baghdad. So be it

We will see how the issue will turn out when they come to Baghdad.

They will try to enter Baghdad, and I think this is where their graveyard will be

There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we killed most of them.

We want to tell him [Blair] that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.

Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us.

I can assure you that those villains will recognize, will discover in appropriate time in the future how stupid they are and how they are pretending things which have never taken place

Our initial assessment is that they will all die.

The Americans, they always depend on a method what I call ... stupid, silly. All I ask is check yourself. Do not in fact repeat their lies.

These cowards have no morals. They have no shame about lying.

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river.

Americans are now in disarray

It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait.

The midget, Bush, and that Rumsfeld deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom loving people everywhere.

Those who ran away are now outside the distant perimeter wall of the airport. Now they're outside the wall and the heroic Republican Guard is now in control of the whole area of Saddam International Airport. So where are those villainous louts, those mercenaries?

Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.

Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them.

What they say about a breakthrough is completely an illusion. They are sending their warplanes to fly very low in order to have vibrations on these sacred places.

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up.

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the people who are under siege.

They are superpower of villains. They are superpower of Al Capone.

They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion.

There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad.

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.

.....they had burnt and destroyed around 30 vehicles, including tanks and APC's and damaged three enemy helicopters. God bless the fighters of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party.

...over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.

A difficult situation, not for one individual, but for everybody

A small number of peasants - brave peasants - shot down two Apaches

As our leader Saddam Hussein said, 'God is grilling their stomachs in hell.'

Authentic sources - many authentic sources.

Big institutions in this imperial state, in this evil US empire, prepare their politicians to become criminals.

Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president.

Bush, Blair and Rumsfeld; they are the funny trio.

Don't repeat the lies of the liars.

During the battles last night and at dawn, they [ Ba'th Socialist Party fighters] had destroyed three American helicopters

Everyone could face something that hurts him. But I don't expect that I will be hurt

Fight them everywhere. Don't give them a chance to breathe until they withdraw and retreat.

God willing, we will throw them into the sea.

Hit them. Fight them. They are cursed; they are evil

I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children.

I speak better English than this villain, Bush.

It was unworthy of our military sources that they were the first to weaken.

It's a small town, it has only a few docks ... now they are in a trap.

Let the American infidels bask in their illusion.

Let's go and do jihad

Lying is forbidden in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honour and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts.

My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all.

No one received them [the coalition forces] with roses. They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets.

One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.

One hundred infidels committed suicide as they entered the holy city of Baghdad. Their tanks will become their tombs.

Our estimates are that none of them will come out alive unless they surrender to us quickly.

Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!

The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils because they are booby traps

The criminals will be humiliated... To hurt the enemy more, raise the level of your attacks.

The force that was in the airport, this force was destroyed.

The information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.

The information was correct, but the interpretation was not

The insane little dwarf, Bush.

The Iraqi troops and the Iraqi fighters are in control of all the places, as we have witnessed, no big change in that. We are fighting against them.

The military part of our information network - which we were accustomed to rely on for exact information - was the first part of the network to fall apart

The soldiers of Saddam Hussein have given them a lesson they will never forget

The time is not yet ripe to say what happened. When history's ready, then we can talk about it

The United Nations ... [is] a place for prostitution under the feet of Americans.

Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed

These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers.

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

They [US soldiers] started to commit suicide on the Baghdad walls. We will encourage them to double their suicide attempts.

They are achieving nothing, they are suffering from casualties. Those casualties are increasing, not decreasing

They are again in the dirt in the desert

They are becoming hysterical. This is the result of frustration.

They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender.

They are lying every day. They are lying always, and mainly they are lying to their public opinion

They are most welcome. We will butcher them.

They are still trying to bomb with artillery and rocket-propelled grenades to hit the Republican Guard who are controlling Saddam International Airport.

They think we are retarded. They are retarded.

They try to engage the world as much as they can and we will continue until they leave our land.

They want to deceive their people first because now they are in a very shabby situation

They've not been able to control any Iraqi city. We're waging war against this snake and we will be victorious.

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra"¦ Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us.

Today we slaughtered them in the airport. They are out of Saddam International Airport

Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them.

Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places.

Up till now, they are only on dock No. 10, not in Umm Qasr, not in the city

W. Bush, this man is a war criminal, and we will see that he is brought to trial.

Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire.

We are determined to defeat them and destroy them on the walls of our capital, as we are determined to destroy their miserable armies in every Muslim spot.

We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them.

We counted 19 missiles that landed in a small area of Baghdad.

We have crushed the whole force which dared to venture there. They were on the runway at Saddam International Airport. That force was crushed

We will be victorious, and they will be defeated.

We will get them stuck in the mud and we will certainly defeat them.

We will in fact encourage them to commit more suicides. We have given them death and poison.

We will welcome them with bullets and shoes.

We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted.

Whoever dies will be rewarded by heaven.

With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.

These are not ordinary human beings. They are criminals. As a matter of fact, they are criminals, both by nature and by training. By nature, because they are not decent. They are criminals.