Al-Jazeera airs tape claiming Saddam leads attacks

A MAN claiming to be Saddam Hussein said in a tape aired on the Arab television station Al-Jazeera yesterday he is in Iraq directing attacks on US forces.

The voice urged Iraqis to help the resistance against the US-led occupation.

"Oh brothers and sisters, I relay to you good news: Jihad (holy war) cells and brigades have been formed," the speaker on the audiotape said, addressing the Iraqi people.