Iraq is threatening the United States with suicide attacks in the event of a military campaign against the country. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel, Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan says his country will use thousands of people to carry out suicide missions on American targets. He described them as Iraq's "new weapons".
The warning follows Friday's announcement by US President George W. Bush that measures against Iraq will follow in a matter of weeks, not months.
Radio Netherlands 02/02/03
