Reacting to his death by hanging sentence for crimes against humanity, November 2006
I ask you, being an Iraqi person, that if you reach a verdict of death, execution, remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad and not by hanging as a common criminal.
At his trial for genocide and crimes atgainst humanity, July 2006
I am ready to die. I am not scared of execution. I do not attend this trial to spare my life. I attend it to defend Iraq.
In Interview with his lawyer Bushra Khalil while on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
I didn't have time to write poetry before, but now I have had the time to become a poet.
Confiding to lawyer Bushra Khalil while on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that he had written a new epic work
My spirit is still standing firm and will not fall, And in my body runs the blood of the great.
Oh Iraq you are crowned in the heart And on the tongue you are the poem of the poets.
Oh Iraq misfortune has shaken your sword, so stand tall And gather your strength without bearing a grudge.
A sample of his poetry
My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate.
To US troops who captured him in a hole in the ground in near Tikrit
Victory will be ours soon. Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you.
Speaking to his troops as American and coalition troops declare war on Iraq
We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.
When the enemy starts a large-scale battle, he must realize that the battle between us will be open wherever there is sky, land and water in the entire world. ... There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Well, give us time and the necessary means, and we will produce any weapon they want, and then we will invite them to come and destroy them.
Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in one battle.
God is on our side, and Satan is on the side of the United States.
Allah is on our side. That is why we will beat the aggressor.
Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapons.
We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.
Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.
Great Lessons, Commandments To Strugglers, The Patient and Holy Warriors
Keep your eyes on your enemy and be faster than him.
Great Lessons, Commandments To Strugglers, The Patient and Holy Warriors
Don't provoke a snake unless you have the intention and power to cut off its head.
Great Lessons, Commandments To Strugglers, The Patient and Holy Warriors
Keep people's secrets and don't tell them to others or use them against them.
Great Lessons, Commandments To Strugglers, The Patient and Holy Warriors
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Iraq has fallen apart without him....
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