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World attention is focussed on Darfur even as Palestinian blood flows, as depicted in Habib Haddad's cartoon in Al-Hayat

"Arms dealers are making a killing in Darfur, as they did in southern Sudan," -- Salah Qabadaya, Al-Akhbar

"If the occupation of Iraq is bad, military intervention in Sudan would be much worse," -- Mustafa Bakri, Al-Osbou

"Who exactly runs the country?" -- Abdallah El-Sinnawi, Al-Arabi

"In the new world order, human rights concerns reduce the sovereignty of poor and weak countries which in turn encourage foreign intervention by big powers in the domestic affairs of [other] poor and weak states," -- Iglal Raafat, Al-Wafd

"Stability in Iraq does not serve the US. It serves the Iraqi people, the whole region and above all Saudi Arabia," --Tareq Abdel-Hamid, As-Sharq Al-Awsat

"The international community did not exert any genuine effort to contain the Darfur crisis peacefully, either through offering substantial aid or rebuilding deserted villages," -- Editorial, Al-Watan

"There is a Sunni and Shia consensus in Iraq that these Arab-Muslim troops will be deemed supporters of the occupation who should therefore be resisted," -- Abdul-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi