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The results of democracy and dictatorship can be the same. By Habib Haddad of the Saudi-funded Al-Hayat Accused of playing down the magnitude of the problem, the Egyptian minister of agriculture has come under a barrage of criticism for not acting quickly enough to prevent the locust invasion. And the locusts are grateful. "Thanks for having so much confidence in us." Mustafa Hussein in Al-Akhbar

"[The state] has disgraced itself and sullied its reputation, exposing its weakness before the Egyptian people and the Arab world." -- Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi in Al-Wafd

"The way our officials dealt with the red locusts crisis... Just like they handle other pressing issues, they made a big mess of things." -- Salama Ahmed Salama, Al-Ahram

"If the armed opposition in Falluja is merely the sharp end of a broad national resistance movement against a brutal foreign occupation and an Iraqi puppet regime, then the American task is far harder and seems bound to fail." -- Patrick Seale, Al-Hayat

"Which should take priority: freedom from occupation and regaining land and sovereignty, or holding elections that bring an authority without power?" -- Ahmed Amourabi, Al-Bayan

"The Anglican Church is an anti-Jewish institution. This church has already recommended the destruction of the state of Israel and the exile of the Jews, but that is still unattainable. They'll wait for the right moment to achieve it." -- Jewish website contributor