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'Wanted: Mad cow, bird flu,Deng fever and terrorism.' By Salem Al-Hilali in the daily Okaz of Saudi Arabia

"Unless stability is achieved, any exit could lead to the division of Iraq." -- Gaber Habib Gaber, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Whoever controls the situation in Iraq can take anything it needs from Iran." -- Mohamed Sadiq Al-Husseini, Al-Hayat

"The president [George Bush] said that pulling out of Iraq now is a catastrophe. But how about the catastrophe of staying in Iraq?" -- Theodore Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger, Al-Ittihad