DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An audio tape recording claiming to be that of Saddam Hussein said the occupying forces in Iraq had reached "a dead end," the BBC reported Sunday.
The tape, urging Iraqis to step up resistance against the U.S.-led coalition forces, was broadcast on the Dubai-based Arabic TV station al-Arabiya.
"The U.S. thought and made others think that they were going on a picnic to occupy Iraq," the speaker said.
He congratulated the Iraqi people on the occasion of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan which ends next week.
The taped speech referred to President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as "liars" and called the White House the "Black House."
"The land and fire of glorious Iraq that God has blessed with jihad because of valour in resistance ... will swallow hundreds of thousands of troops that ... will never achieve their plans," the speaker said.
