From a released statement by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., chairman of the

Intelligence Committee.

Following this attack Saddam Hussein – or who appears to be Saddam
Hussein – appeared on a tape, pre-taped or otherwise – for the first
time in public with glasses and without makeup – and called on the Iraqi
public to unsheathe their swords against the enemy and read what I am
sure he regarded as a inspiring poem. We do not know how many so called
“canned” tapes he may have prepared. Reports that he was wounded are
unconfirmed. Intelligence officials do think some of the Iraqi military
leadership have been killed.