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By Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"If we had concerned ourselves with feeding our minds, rather than breast-feeding workmates, we wouldn't have unresolved problems that have been solved in other countries [ages ago]." -- Salama A. Salama, Al-Ahram

"The summit [of the society] has grown old and doesn't want and is not able to change, and is content with what it has done." -- Khairi Ramadan, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"Due to the repeated rejection of the formation of new political parties, the Political Parties Committee is being called by the people the Anti-Political Parties Committee." -- Saad Hagrass, Al-Alam Al-Yom

"Lebanon is facing a real problem -- either a Lebanese-Palestinian war or disorder that would take Lebanon back to the 1970s." -- Abdullah Al-Seweigi, Al-Ittihad

"Iran is definitely not in a weak situation because it has the cards and influence that forced Washington to recognise it as the only partner in Iraqi affairs." -- Mohamed Kharoub, Al-Rai

"Baghdad is just the starting point that would pave the way for the 'big deal' that has not been concluded up till now." -- Zuhair Qusaibati, Al-Hayat