Bottom Lines

"Israel knows full well that Syria poses no serious threat and that the Palestinian resistance will not stop even with such an aggression against Syria." -- Mohamed El-Sayed Said, Al-Ahram

"There is a new strategy by Israel, one in which it will broaden the scope of its aggression from that of using force against the Palestinians to using violence against Arab countries." -- Mohamed Basha, Al-Ahram

"The US is always biased towards Israel, putting the blame -- after every aggression by Israel -- squarely on the victim, be they Palestinians or Syrians." -- Editorial, Al-Akhbar

"No neighbouring country should play an active role in Iraq because they all have agendas of their own." -- Jordan's King Abdullah as quoted in Addustour

"It is this huge failure of the US in Iraq that has prompted the US to threaten Syria." -- Bilal Al-Hassan, Al-Haqa'eq

"Syria will pull its troops out of Lebanon in the near future -- perhaps in 2004 or 2005 -- meaning that Lebanon will have its full sovereignty and independence restored." -- An-Nahar