Attack on Iraq will fail, warns Saddam

SADDAM HUSSEIN yesterday warned that anyone who attacks Iraq will die “in disgraceful failure” — as thousands of armed civilians marched through Baghdad in support of the Iraqi president.

Speaking on the anniversary of the end of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, Saddam made no direct mention of the US-British demand for the return of UN arms inspectors to Iraq.

But his speech comes as US officials consider a possible attack on Iraq to oust him for allegedly building weapons of mass destruction.