Saddam accuses US of trying to enslave Arabs

SADDAM HUSSEIN yesterday accused the US of trying to enslave Arabs and said Iraq will defeat any invaders, even as he continued to destroy his Al Samoud 2 missile system in hopes of averting a war.

“The tyrant thinks he is capable of enslaving the people and hiding the decisions, freedoms and legitimate choices (they were born with) when their mothers delivered them as free people,” Saddam said in a letter read on Iraqi television yesterday.

“Tyranny will be defeated. ... Arrogance will be of no help to it.”