US President George Bush’s new strategy to send thousands of extra troops to Iraq was met with harsh scepticism across the Middle East today where many predicted that even with more soldiers, America would fail at breaking the cycle of violence.

A DECADE after the “mother of all battles” that never came, Saddam Hussein’s regime says American soldiers who dare to invade will face “rivers of blood” and “disgraceful failure.”

A decade after the “mother of all battles” that never came, Saddam Hussein’s regime says American soldiers who dare to invade will face “rivers of blood” and “disgraceful failure.”