Therefore, we see that jihad is an "Individual Duty" prescribed to us as it is prescribed to every faithful and ardent Muslim to liberate, from the accursed and defiled Jews, usurped Palestine from the River to the Sea, together with its Crown, al-Quds, the third of the central sanctuaries of Muslims, besides Mecca and the Shrine of Allah's Messenger, Mohammed b. Abdullah (Allah's blessing and peace be upon him).

It is the right of every faithful Muslim not only to call into question the eligibility for responsibility, under any title, of anyone who does not believe in this, but also, to call into question even the meaning, the level and the depth of his faith in Islam. It is undeniable that the responsibility for this, in the first place, falls on the Arabs before it falls on others. The Arabs bear twofold responsibility for any weakness, abandonment or hesitation among their lines. Fourteen centuries ago, Allah honored them by choosing the Apostle of Mercy from amongst them and entrusted them with the honor of the Banner of Islam and its swords, and made them the essential bearers of the Call to humanity at large.

We say this and put ourselves and our offspring in the forefront of the faithful people of great Iraq to bear the honor of responsibility on the road of the complete liberation of Palestine and its Crown, al-Quds, as from now. We had set this responsibility on ourselves even before now. In 1973, we played our responsible role on the Syrian and Egyptian fronts facing the Zionist entity. We fought out of duty not out of favoring or doing favor to anyone. We did it in accordance with what Allah desired and the chances made available for our fight. At that time, even before that time, Iraq, side by side with its sisterly states, did what it did according to its capability and its circumstance, which were part of the capabilities and circumstances of the Arabs then. When in 1973, we responded to the call of duty and honor and went, with great faith, to the land of Syria and the land of Egypt, we did not say that the land of Iraq was not under occupation or that the liberation of what was occupied of the land of Egypt and Syria was the responsibility of the Egyptians and the Syrians alone. And when, before that, we mobilized our army in defence of sisterly Jordan, we did not say that it was the responsibility of the Jordanians alone. We did that and we are still doing it or rather, we do it now with more faith and more capability with which Allah has honored the people of Iraq. We did it and we will do what will rest upon us of the honor of responsibility to liberate Palestine as part of our duty according to our belief. We know that the land of Syria would not have been occupied, and the land of Egypt too at that time, had they not believed then in what we believe in and talk to you about now.