CAIRO, July 23 (Xinhua) - The Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV on Wednesday broadcast an audio tape of alleged ousted former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a day after Saddam's two sons were reportedly killed in a gunbattle with United States troops in northern Iraq.

　　The tape purpo rtedly carrying the voice of Saddam said "the United States would not achieve victory in Iraq".

　　"The war (against the U.S.-led coalition) is not over. The war is not finished," he warned. Saddam also urged the Iraqi forces to continue fighting U.S. troops and increasing attacks.

　　The tape was dated July 20, two days before his two sons, Uday and Qusay were killed on Tuesday in a six-hour fierce gunbattle with U.S. forces in Mosul.

　　U.S. officials have likened the killing or capture of the trinity of Saddam and his sons as a heavy blow to the insurgency campaign, tantamount to "cutting the head off a snake".

　　However, the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein, who disappeared on April 9 following the fall of his regime, remains a mystery despite a massive manhunt.

　　The U.S. bounty for information or tip-offs leading to the killing or capture of Saddam stands at 25 million dollars.

　　On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq, bringing the number of U.S. soldiers killed in guerrilla-style attacks to over 40 since U.S. President George W. Bush declared an end of the Iraq war on May 1.

　　U.S. top civil administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, on Tuesday hailed the killing of Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay, but warned against more revenge attacks in the coming few days by Saddam's loyalists. End