Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"The paper further claimed that in addition to having "massacred" 59 civilians, government forces abducted ten children and six women. 'The Washington Times' article also alleged that Presbyterian Pastor Jacob Manyal was burned to death by government soldiers, and that two of his children were killed in captivity."

"The common citizen could make the difference as did the Italian masses two decades earlier against the institutionalized corrupted politics run by mafia gangs. A new strategy of open public marches/demonstration for unity and Islamic solidarity will be helpful in short terms. It could discourage the blood baths engineered by extremist groups and send-out a strong message of national unity organized by the people. Non-violent and continued peaceful public demonstrations could reverse the thoughts and strategies of the enemy of Islam and Pakistan."

“Saddam Hussein is a man who is willing to gas his own people …”

- George Bush, March 22, 2002

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“As he (George Bush) said, any person that would gas his own people is a threat to the world.”

- Scott McClellan, White House spokesperson, March 31, 2002

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“Saddam Hussein is a tyrant who has tortured and killed his own people…”

- Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002

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“He poison-gassed his own people.”

- Al Gore, December 16, 1998

"With current, desperate conditions and the violence that has caused severe damage to Palestinian infrastructure why should Palestinians have to pay for a natural resource that should already be available to them?"

"The American Joint Chiefs of Staff has cautioned that even a modest troop increase will inevitably lead to more casualties."