Bottom Lines

"There are many question marks concerning the Central Bank of Egypt's new board members, foremost of which is: where, amongst them, are the experts in monetary policy who understand its technicalities?" -- Lamis El-Hadidi, Al-Aalam Al-Yom, 18 August

"It was expected that the Egyptian government would cancel the Bright Star military manoeuvres with the US, following the latter's invasion of Iraq. But the opposite happened, with America taking the initiative to do so," -- Hussein Abdel-Razeq, Al-Ahali, 20 August

"The bombing of the UN's headquarters in Baghdad was a crime, as a result of which the Iraqi people lost one of their staunchest allies, who has stood by them from day one of the occupation, and upheld human rights everywhere," -- Selim Al-Awwa, Al-Osbou', 25 August

"Abbas's only mission, from the Israeli point of view, is to inaugurate the Palestinian civil war," -- Joseph Smaha, As-Safir, 23 August

"The neo-cons should pay the price," -- Hazem Saghiya, Al-Hayat, 26 August

"The failure of the roadmap opened the road to Baghdad before Al-Qa'eda," -- Salim Nassar, Al-Hayat, 23 August