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'No normalisation with the enemy.' By Alaa Luqta in the Saudi daily Al-Madina

"Arabs hate the US [policies] and what it has done [in their region] more than they hate Saddam." -- Mohamed Sherdi, Al-Wafd

"With its arsenal of sources, the press could not verify the incident or tell it apart from fantasy." -- Salah Montasser, Al-Ahram

"El-Sadat's actions are merely aimed at benefiting from his uncle's fame." -- Abdel-Salam El-Wahati, Rose El-Youssef

"On the list of accusations directed at Saddam are killings, torture, and forced migration of citizens. Is this not the state of Iraq today?" -- Zuheir Kseibati, Al-Hayat

"There is little doubt that quite a few of Iran's neighbours, notably Iraq, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan, regard it and its messianic ideology as a threat to their security." -- Amir Taheri, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Bush considers proposals to rehabilitate Iran and Syria for helping the US leave Iraq as a reward for blackmail, support of terrorism, and as a means to subjugate the US." -- Ragheda Dergham, Al-Hayat