Bottom Lines

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"What is happening in the American concentration camps in Iraq is by far worse than what was taking place in the prisons of Saddam Hussein." -- Ragab El-Banna, October

"Westerners only commit such brutal atrocities against non-Europeans whom they consider sub-human." -- Moheieddin Amimour, Al-Ahram

"America's plans to make Iraq a free and democratic country has become something of a giant sick joke." -- Makram Mohamed Ahmed, Al-Musawwar

"When absolute power is coupled with absolute arrogance and when armies fail to honour basic human rights and when soldiers become invaders, then the big powers must be on the decline." -- Rageih Khouri, An-Nahar

"The Abu Ghraib scandal is only one reflection of this war that has all along been associated with lies and misleading public opinion." -- James Zoghby, Al-Ittihad

"While condemning Abu Ghraib, Amr Moussa should have called on Arab ministers of interior to allow national and international human rights groups to inspect Arab prisons." -- Jassim Al-Foheid, Al-Ra'i Al-Aam