In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

Great People of Iraq, Capable by the Will of God, Mujahids, Steadfast and Trustworthy…

The Valiant of our Brave, Honest Armed Forces,

Saddam speech July 17, 1999

Men and Women of the State,

Saddam speech July 17, 1999

Courageous Men of the National Security…

Praiseworthy Women and Men, the Conscience and Mind of Wakeful Iraq…

Freedom Fighters and Mujahids Everywhere…

Peace be upon you, and God's Mercy and Blessings…

With the beginning of Man on the life-stage in this broad universe, or after a short time, there emerged in the horizon and in accordance with Man's capabilities, something better than what is common and tangible, more supreme than what is materialized and visible which both rely merely on his sight-range. Concomitant with the above, a thought and a hope were initiated: a thought that exceeds what is visible and tangible, and a hope based on the potentiality of achieving whatever is relevant to them or bridging them by working programmes. Concomitant with this too, there appeared people who stood opposing the thought and the hope. They were thus divided into two groups, or called by two sorts of labels in the conflict: those who aspired after the better and more distant, and those are acquiescent and resigned, being confused or whose will being defeated by items pertaining to the common, tangible and visible, the legacy of the predecessors.

Saddam speech July 17, 1999

With the new thought and hope, and the degree and level of adherence to the old labels and legacy and to the common and visible or the submission to the status quo and defending it, and to the innovators' persistence in a new thought and a new hope associated with what is more distant, deeper and more supreme than the degree and level can be described. The deeper and the broader the thought and hope, together with their programmes and objectives in their own fields, the wider the gap between various or different labels, and with this the wider and deeper the conflict, and by corollary the more sacrifices.

It is only natural to say that the deeper the thought and the hope beyond what is common and prevalent, the more serious is the transfer of the human surroundings of the thought and hope and humanity in general to a better status. It is only on this premiss, and not on what is common and prevalent that humanity has developed, that Man's role on earth has been enhanced. It has become then possible to perceive the oneness of the Lord of Heavens and Earth with indeed a firm belief in it, since this perception of God's oneness is a developed capability in both vision and conviction. With his liberation from what is only visible to the naked eye, Man was capable to formulate a thought of whatever is better, and a hope of achieving such a betterment, which has been attached to his thought.

With the gradual broadening of Man's intellectual capability, God has bestowed upon him recurrent prophethood. Likewise, by exercising a limited yet escalating role, Man has realized that he is incapable of absolute perception or comprehension, and with such an incapability despite the progress achieved by his mind and capabilities, Man has encountered a human need to make up for his despair of being incapable of absolute comprehension to keep the thought and hope living, to develop his mind, taste, role and endeavour in an incessant manner except at the divine ordinance which God of the absolute comprehension, Most Great, Most Capable, Most Compassionate and Most Merciful, has cared for Man's incapability so as to salvage him from despair and to preserve an inevitable, moral basis for his progress and development.

Thus started the human revolution, as a thought and as a hope: it has assumed various forms and made different attempts. Each revolution started compatibly with its environment, vision, national and human role and the relevant readiness for continuity, steadfastness and offering sacrifices.