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Hollywood's latest production: James "Bush" Bond in Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Somalia. By Mohamed Omar in the Egyptian weekly magazine Akher Saa Israeli plans to strike Iranian nuclear sites are met by Iranian threats to retaliate. Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"I object to the use of the term constitutional amendments. What is happening is not an amendment of the constitution; rather it is the revision of the constitution in order to match the actual realities on the ground." -- Mohamed El-Sayed Said, Al-Ahram

"Egypt approached the New Year engulfed in the question of constitutional reform expected to be the top priority issue for at least the next three months." -- Wahid Abdel-Meguid, Al-Qahira

"The government tricked the opposition by dragging it into the last parliamentary elections, and has benefited from the presence of the Brothers [in parliament] in order to deliver a message to America." -- Mokhtar Nouh, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"The execution of Saddam Hussein was carried out on the worst possible day." -- Abdul-Rahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat

"If it had been my decision, I would have chosen a life sentence over a death sentence for Saddam Hussein." -- Mshari Al-Zaydi, Asharq Al-Awsat

"The dictator was killed but dictatorship remains. Washington executed the symbol but the reality remains." -- Mustafa Zein, Al-Hayat