Bottom Lines

"Gaddafi didn't waste time and was quick to approve international inspections for WMDs in Libya only five days after Saddam's capture," -- Abdallah El-Sinnawi, Al-Arabi

"We didn't know that Libya had WMDs," -- Hosni Mubarak, as quoted in Al-Wafd

"Saddam refused to expose Arab leaders or admit his country's possession of WMDs in return for his release," -- Mustafa and Mahmoud Bakri, Al-Osbou

"When will this [Arab] nation wake up and show resolve to invest in development, education and healthcare?... It will be one fine morning... But when?" -- Ahmed Al-Robei, Asharq Al-Awsat

"A new Gaddafi has said good-bye to the old Gaddafi... Libyans will now be watching how Gaddafi tries to "open the doors of stability and perpetuation of [the Gaddafis: Seif Al-Islam Gaddafi]," -- Ghassan Charbale, Al-Hayat

"It does not matter how Saddam was captured. What really matters now is what kind of Iraq will emerge from underneath the [American] occupation," -- Iyad Abu Shaqra, Asharq Al-Awsat