Perspectives.

"May God bless our coalition." U.S. President George W. Bush, ending a speech to more than 150 diplomats on March 11. The quote was widely interpreted by the European press as an effort to strengthen an increasingly divided coalition against terror. Notably, the mainstream U.S. press barely took note of the quote.

"A nuclear war to be imposed by U.S. nuclear fanatics would mean their ruin in nuclear disaster." North Korea's response to American press reports that the Pentagon had recommended developing new nuclear weapons tailored to strike at targets in the country

"Inmates of the [concentration] camps had numbers tattooed on their bodies. How can Jews do something comparable to their own prisoners?" British M.P. Gerald Kaufman, on Israeli troops' putting identification numbers on the foreheads and forearms of Palestinian captives

"We had words. I couldn't believe he'd go to [the Muslim world] after 9-11. He said, 'Mom, I'll be safe'." Sherry Aude, whose son, Erik Aude, 21, was apprehended at the Islamabad airport for having eight pounds of raw opium in his suitcase. His mother says he is innocent and was duped by a man who hired him as a courier to transport leather goods.

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