From the Canadian Press:

"Our country is ready to receive any scientific experts, accompanied by politicians you choose to represent any one of your countries, to tell us which places and scientific installations they would wish to see," Naji Sabri said, quoting the Iraqi president. "I hereby declare before you that Iraq is clear of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons," Sabir said, further quoting Saddam.



...The Iraqi president charged that "the American propaganda machine, along with official statements of lies, distortion and falsehood" was being used for "inciting the American public against Iraq, and pushing them to accept the U.S. administration's schemes of aggression as a fait accompli."

He called on the United Nations to help protect Iraq's sovereignty in the face of possible U.S. military action.

And he charged that the United States was working in concert with Israel and was trying to control the Middle East oil supply.

"The U.S. administration wants to destroy Iraq in order to control the Middle East oil and consequently control the politics as well as the oil and economic policies of the whole world."



This sound like anybody we know?

Saddam charged that the United States was fomenting problems with Iraq to prevent the Security Council from lifting sanctions and to keep the Middle East from becoming a nuclear-free zone as called for in council resolutions.



The United States, he said, does not want to embarrass Israel - which he referred to as "the Zionist entity" - or deprive it of the nuclear, chemical and biological weapons it possesses.



Okay, now this approach is new. Convoluted, but new. Still trying to track down the actual letter.