Reported Saddam Audio Tape Surfaces
An audio tape purportedly made on June 14 by Saddam Hussein has surfaced on Al Jazeera in which "Saddam" claims he is alive in Iraq and fighting.
No confirmation was immediately available that the voice on the tape was indeed that of Saddam, who has not been seen in public since he and his government were ousted from power on April 9 during the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
The poor-quality recording, which sounded very much like Saddam, urged Iraqis to support resistance against the "infidel" U.S. presence and not to aid the occupiers. It also warned the Americans of more bloodshed to come.
The tape is 20 minutes long. Al Jazeera played ten minutes of it on tv. Here is the text of the tape.
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