On July 4, 2003, the day after Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul Bremer offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Saddam, “an audiotape was broadcast on Al Jazeera. The CIA concluded that the voice was probably Saddam’s, and the speaker warned: ‘The coming days will, God willing, be days of hardship and trouble for the infidel invaders.’ The voice continued: ‘I am with some of my companions in Iraq,’ and it called on Iraqis to ‘protect these heroic fighters and not give the invaders and information about them or their whereabouts.’ ”
– Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 284