or shocking or just interesting, to collect the speeches - the so-called DURCHHALTEREDEN from the two parties. how do they touch emotions - how do they motivate. is it possible to read defeat between the lines? it IS - obviously!
the more mentioning of god - the more disillusion it contains
so this is saddam's speech of yesterday evening
via bbc.news
God is great, God is great, God is great. There is no God but Allah.
O great warrior nation, O sons of our glorious nation, O men of arms who uphold the honour of resistance, God's peace be upon you as you face the aggressors, the enemies of God and humanity, the passing infidels, with chests filled with faith and love for God.
Yes, these are the most honourable days for more than 700 years, God has granted us this great opportunity and calamity, through which God meant to test our faith, to which He, the omnipotent Almighty, was a witness. God has granted us this opportunity to match our words with deeds, so that He can bless us with His mercy.
Yes, O brothers, for ages and ages, religious scholars could not reach such a consensus as they have reached today - that this aggression against the fortress of faith is an aggression on religion, wealth, honour and life and is an aggression against the homes of Islam.
Therefore, jihad (holy war) is a duty in facing them and whoever dies on its fields is rewarded by heaven.
Seize it (jihad), O brothers, for within it are one of two good deeds for the sake of God and great principles.
Hit them! Fight them! They are evil aggressors damned by God. You are victorious and they are defeated.
By God, God will grant victory over enemies to any one of us who recalls his faith and pledge, puts them in front of his eyes at the moment of confrontation, and resorts to the patience that Almighty God ordered us to demonstrate.
The aggressors will flee from what is right and be damned, along with their devils. Faith and honour will brighten the faces of mujahideen (holy fighters), men and women.
Seize it, O apples of my eye and the eyes of Iraq and the nation. It is the chance to achieve immortality and unmatched honour.
Hit them! Fight them! They are evil aggressors damned by God. You are victorious and they are defeated.
Fight them as your brothers and sons fought them in Umm Qasr, glorious Basra, Ninawa, Nasiriya, and al-Shatra, the outskirts of al-Hay, and al-Anbar.
Fight them everywhere, as you are fighting them today, and do not give them a chance to catch their breath until they announce and carry out their withdrawal from the homes of Muslims - they are failures who are damned in this life and the hereafter.
And long live our great nation and long live Palestine, free and Arab from the river to the sea. Long live Iraq, long live Iraq.
Answer the call of jihad and long live the mujahideen of our nation. God is great and may the criminals fail.

the 12th day since coalition forces entered Iraq to remove the regime. The plan remains sound and effective.
We remain committed to the objectives of the campaign while remembering those who have lost their lives in pursuing those objectives.
The coalition attacked regime targets over the last 24 hours in Baghdad and areas throughout the country. Precision attacks against surface-to-surface missiles and Republican Guard forces also continued. The coalition remains focused on every aspect of the regime.

Here are some before and after examples of how we attack the regime directly.

This is a regime command and control facility near al-Kut. In this case, only one building of the complex needed to be attacked. This is the after-shot, post-strike, and a comparison of the two.

The next image is a regime command and control facility in Tikrit. In this case, there are two target impact points, one on the lower right and one in the top center. The post-strike image, and the comparison, a split.

The next videos that I am about to show you will show attacks against the regime and the forces that support the regime. We'll start with Iraqi tanks at Al-Amarah.

The next clip is a tank at Al-Assad.

As I mentioned yesterday, we also attack the logistics targets to prevent the Iraqi forces from sustaining themselves. The first image is of an ammunition storage facility near Baghdad. The next is a fuel truck near al Kut.

Our coalition special operations forces remain very effective in targeting regime concentrations with the aid of local populations. In An Nasiriyah, special operations forces controlled aircraft destroyed numerous buildings, numerous vehicles, and five regime buildings, including the director of general security headquarters. In the western desert, two suspected Iraqi intelligence service agents were captured at a special operations checkpoint.

The land component conducted operations throughout the zone of action that runs from Basra in the south, to al Kut in the east, and Karbala in the west. And you can see that outlined on this map. Basra in the south, al Kut in the east, and Karbala in the west.

There were several successful delivered raids against regime death squad locations in Ba'ath Party headquarters. These also, like with the special operations forces, were assisted by local populations, who are increasingly willing to provide information against the regime. And examples include the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force conducting attacks near Ad Diwaniyah and As Shatra (sp), which is just north of An Nasiriyah. Approximately 100 tribal men joined with coalition forces in these attacks and resulted in the captures of enemy prisoners of war, weapons, the destruction of bunkers, and the removal of explosives from a bridge -- and there were no friendly casualties.

Additional examples are U.K. operations in the Basra area resulting in the destruction of a considerable amount of Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers along Highway 6, north of the city. Operations there also resulted in the recovery of two Kenyan men who had been held hostage near Al Zubair, west of Basra.

Finally, 5th Corps actions included simultaneous, limited objective attacks near Al Hilla, Karbala, and As Samawa. And these attacks were intended to create vulnerabilities in the Republican Guard defenses, and also to isolate the remaining pockets of resistance for destruction at a time of our choosing. The attacks were very effective, and resulted in the capture of an Iraqi general with very valuable information, an airfield, and a training camp for regime death squads.

The maritime component continues its work and is completing the clearance of the old port of Umm Qasr, the old portion of the port, and they're extending their efforts to clear the newer part of the port to the north.

And the coalition continues to push information to the Iraqi population at various levels. Radio and TV broadcasts continue across Iraq. And recent captures of enemy prisoners of war say that the broadcasts are readily accessible and they are also very popular. The coalition remains focused on efforts to begin the future of Iraq in the Iraqi people.

I have a short video to show you that demonstrates a free Iraqi force member with a coalition civil affairs officer interviewing a man for employment in the port of Umm Qasr. I mentioned a few days ago that we invited people who had previously worked in the port to come back and begin work again. I'd also add that the port manager himself, and Iraqi officer who was captured by coalition forces in the early days of the war, has asked to resume running the port, and we're giving that serious consideration.

Now, you've seen the results of our work in civil affairs throughout the south. We've shown that over the last several days. But I would say also that it's ongoing in every other area we secure. I have an image to show you of a team in the Third Infantry Division area, much further forward, doing the same kind of work. So, this is a civil affairs team with the free Iraqi force member encountering the civil population, forward as well as in the south.

And I also have a video clip I want to show you. This is a clip of civil affairs operations in the vicinity of the Ranger attack I showed you a few days ago. If you recall, there was a night attack to eliminate a commando outpost and command center in the west. This clip will show you what came in the wake. (Video is shown.) Civil affairs member instructed the population on the rations -- passed out boxes of water. But they were also escorted to buildings in the town.
in my mind this shows more sense of reality - but the first to die in war is truth. so war is and has been an endless story of lies and motivating people who are totally integrated in the battle and do not really know what's up
these are my very humble words - words from a person who sees the things from outside and does not have any command of theories, war-strategies, etc. - just my impression.
shocking, irritating and fascinating - if I may dare to apply this expression in this very polarizing context.
glorious source of this speech is as usual
http://www.centcom.mil