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In Iraq, Sunnis and Shias are caught between a rock and a hard place. By Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"The Ministry of Interior has widened its services to the people by administering torture at home." -- Fahmy Howeidy , Al-Dostour

"In all his questions [to ministers], the low-income people are uppermost in the mind of President Mubarak." -- Momtaz El-Qott, Akhbar Al-Yom

"Are the people's incessant complaints about skyrocketing commodity and service prices and the standard of living getting lower one of the greatest achievements the president would attribute to the Egyptian people?" -- Magdi Mehanna, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"Restoring Lebanon to its people means reopening the doors of parliament, trying those accused of murder, respecting Lebanon's constitution and keeping Beirut free of foreign greed." -- Tareq Al-Homayed, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Chemical Ali's trial failed to arouse the interest that it deserved, being a merciless killing machine and a senior gladiator in the republic of terror." -- Ghassan Charbel, Al-Hayat

"The isolation of Al-Maliki's government and its many failures reflect the tragedy of this country and its vague future." -- Abdul-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi