"As the end of the year approaches, American political circles are getting into gear for the electoral campaigns which will dominate 2004, culminating in the presidential elections at the end of the year."

"The sense of moral outrage that has been building up in international public opinion at the increasingly savage war Sharon is waging against the Palestinian people is now echoed inside Israel itself, with many prominent Israeli personalities within the ruling elite now openly condemning what they see as the degradation of Israel's Zionist ideals."

" The Report highlighted two issues before the international community- the unlawful annexation of Palestinian territory and the restrictions on freedom of movement."

"They have captured most of the key scientists and none of them seems to have knowledge that could break open the case. If the key scientists have scant knowledge of such programs, then who does?"

Muslims ask, "Are we not safe against tyranny in the US?"

"It's an unfortunate fact of politics that Republicans are up against a double standard on matters of race. Jesse Jackson can utter an anti-Semitic slur ('Hymietown') but somehow still claim the moral authority to lecture Mr. Lott."

"As top Bush administration officials come before Congress this week to justify the annual $80-plus billion being pumped into Iraq to try to contain a worsening insurgency, new questions have arisen about why the United States invaded that country in the first place."

"We are entering a troubling transition, and the irony is that while we preach our version of democracy abroad, it slips away from us at home." -

Robert D. Kaplan