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As part of the new Bush strategy, Rice tries to inflate the peace process. In the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat by Amgad Rasmi

"If [the state] guarantees a political atmosphere like that of France, I will wholeheartedly support the re-election of the president for unlimited terms." -- Fahmi Howeidi , Al-Ahram

"A religious Egypt is not in need of a party or a group that wants to teach it the rules of Islam." -- Ahmed Hassan , Nahdet Masr

"I reject the announcement by President Mubarak about the Muslim Brotherhood, for they are not extremists." -- Mahmoud El-Khodeiri , Al-Dustour

"Bush's strategy for Iraq and the region tries to correct mistakes with yet more others; destruction with more destruction, and war with a bigger war and more bloodshed." -- Fouad Dabbour , Al-Dustour

"All the statements emanating from Washington aim to 'secure Baghdad' but... slogans like 'democratisation' and 'a new Middle East' are dead." -- Rashed Saleh Al-Uraimi, Al-Ittihad

"Should we accept Bush's new strategy at a time when most Americans and Congress reject it?" -- Abdullah Khalifa Al-Shaigi , Al-Ittihad