TV station broadcasts another 'Saddam' tape calling for expulsion of US forces

AN audiotape purporting to carry the voice of Saddam Hussein calling for Iraqi men and women to step up their fight against the American occupation and calling a US defeat inevitable, was broadcast yesterday.

"You mujahedeen, Iraqis and women, increase your attacks on your enemies," the voice said on Arab satellite TV. It sounded like Saddam's, but there was no way to independently verify who was speaking.

The voice also called on Iraqis to protest in the streets against occupation, to "beat the walls in protest" and to donate money to the resistance.