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The faces of Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and... who's next? Helmi El-Touni in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram

"Bush told me that Mubarak said to him that he has become old and will leave democratic reform to the next generation." -- Saadeddin Ibrahim, Al-Dostour

"We are fed up with the American [double-standards] policies which are anti-Egyptian, anti-Arab and anti-Islamic." -- Galal Dewidar, Al-Akhbar

"In the Egyptian elections the National Democratic Party and national newspapers swear that the elections are fair. And the Muslim Brotherhood and their loyal newspapers swear that they are all rigged even before the poll opens." -- Abdel-Moneim Said, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"What is happening? Does it make sense that Hamas chooses to fight Fatah when the Israelis are a stone's throw away?" -- Abdul-Rahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat

"The success of Hamas in the legislative elections was actually a vote against Fatah corruption." -- Hamad Al-Maged, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Hamas and Fatah have done more serious damage to the Palestinian cause than the Israeli enemy ever managed to do." -- Ghassan Cherbel, Al-Hayat