Iraq vows to step up suicide attacks

IRAQ vowed yesterday to step up suicide attacks and said more than 4,000 Arabs had come to Iraq ready to “martyr” themselves to defeat a US-led invasion.

“The martyrdom attacks by the sons of Iraq and by the armed forces have just begun,” military spokesman Hazim al-Rawi told a news conference a day after a suicide bombing at a US checkpoint.

“These are the first on the glorious path of Jihad (holy war) against the invaders,” he said.