President Saddam Hussein said on Thursday he was not frightened by U.S. threats to topple his administration and warned that those who attacked Iraq would be "digging their own graves." Marking the anniversary of the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, Saddam said any attack on one Arab country was an attack on the whole Arab nation, and Arabs would emerge victorious. "The forces of evil will carry their coffins on their backs, die in disgraceful failure, taking their schemes back with them, or digging their own graves," Sadda said. Any invaders would "bring death to themselves" in the Arab world, "including Iraq, the land of the jihad (Holy War) and the (Muslim) banner," he added. Saddam saluted Palestinians, who began an uprising in 2000 against Israeli occupation, and other Holy Warriors. Thousands of Iraqi volunteers, clad in military fatigues and brandishing assault rifles, paraded in the streets of Baghdad before the speech, vowing to defend Iraq and Saddam to the death.