Iraqi Republican guards completes preparations

The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Saturday that Iraq will come out of the fighting with the USA "victorious" and that "Iraq is rightful, and the enemy is not."

The Iraqi news agency quoted Saddam in a meeting with a group of officials in the Republican guards in the presence of his son Qusai who supervises the Republican guards saying "this country is right and the other party is wrong."

The leaders of the Republican guards expressed their commitment to President Saddam. The Iraqi news agency quoted leaders of the Republican guards units saying they have completed preparations and completed training, taking into account all possibilities.