BGHADAD, April 4 (IslamOnline.net) - Iraqi Information Minister Mohamed Said Sahhaf threatened Friday, April 4, an "unconventional" attack on American troops around Baghdad’s Saddam International Airport, expecting the "U.S. mercenaries" would all be killed unless they surrender.

Speaking at a press conference, he ridiculed reports that the American forces have seized the airport and changed its name, dismissing it as all but a "showy operation."

The Iraqi minister admitted there were American troops around the airport, but asserted they were encircled from all direction like an "island".

He recalled the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, when French troops were surrounded and forced to surrender by Vietnamese forces, leading to the end of French rule in Indochina.

"Tonight we will carry out something that is not conventional against them, not military. It will be a great example to them."

"Unless they surrender quickly, I don't think there's any chance that they will survive," Sahhaf threatened, referring to the U.S. forces.

"We consider it an isolated island ... They are completely surrounded."

"In a joint effort between Iraqi people, Saddam's Fedayeen (militia) and tribesmen ... we have the determination to keep them in a small island, another Dien Bien Phu," he said.

Asked if Iraqi forces would use chemical weapons in the envisaged attack, Sahhaf answered in negative.

"If you read history, you will know that we will not use such weapons. I mean some kind of martyrdom, and there are very new ways which we are going to use."

The Iraqi minister undermined the operation touted a great triumph by the U.S. and British officials.

"It is nothing but a showy operation and a flexing of muscles," he added.

"But they are completely surrounded, we have destroyed eight of their vehicles together with their personnel inside and a number of tanks," Sahhaf said.

He said that the British forces were defeated in their latest attempts to advance into Basra.

"There were fierce clashes in which the tribesmen of the city, Iraqi forces and volunteers from the Arab world joined hands against the invading forces," he added.

"Six APCs of the U.S.-British forces were destroyed with their personnel. Also a land rover van was destroyed with all of its occupants, thought to be British intelligence officers."

The Iraqi minister ridiculed talks about post-war Iraq, asserting that post-war Iraq will be the same Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein.

"Wait, you will be disappointed and you will end up with nothing but defeat and shame," he said, referring to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's meetings with European foreign ministers on post-Saddam Iraq.

He underlined that Iraqi forces inflicted heavy causalities against the invading forces in several overnight clashes across the country.

"In Haditha, to the West of Iraq, our forces destroyed four armored personnel carriers (APCs) and killed all of soldiers aboard," Sahhaf said.

"In southern Kut, in southeastern Baghdad, nine of their tanks were destroyed, one APC and other armored vehicles," he added.

"In Al-Musayeb area between Karbala and Baghdad, the tribesmen clashed with the invading forces who incurred heavy losses and forced them to retreat back to Qadisiya area," Sahhaf recalled.

In Youssifya, the Iraqi information minister said there are still military operations carried out to weaken the Anglo-American forces "who are neared down and no longer have freedom of maneuvering."

"In Abu Gharib, to the north of Baghdad, the Republican Guards clashed with the U.S. airborne units which are now isolated from the forces in the Saddam International Airport."