The media is a common weapon during war. The American media has been turned into a weapon of attack. The Iraqis are using it as a weapon of defence in the war.

Al-Watan - Saudi Arabia

The ongoing confusion within the international community is disturbing and worrying. We wish the US administration could see this and not allow the war to be prolonged, which would destroy the unique bilateral relations with the USA.

Ukaz - Saudi Arabia

A few more days and the media will rush to report on Saddam, his angels and how they have fallen

Al-Watan - Kuwait

President Bush did not expect his disdain for the United Nations to cause such angry reactions from the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Kofi Annan, Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder, particularly as the logic Bush used to justify striking Iraq was derived from the logic used by [Israel's] Menahem Begin to justify striking the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981. The French president saw a violation of international law in that political judgment, and a return to the mafia gang wars which terrorised American towns in the 1930s and 40s.

Al-Hayat - London-based

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