"I ask you to release the man you hold. I know that millions of British people did not and do not support the war on Iraq. A million marched against it last year. More than 6,000 British people have written to me to support me. They quarrel with the British government about injustice, and so do I. I do not quarrel with the British people. Our problem is with the government." MAHMOUD ABU RIDEH Palestinian activist imprisoned without trial under Britain’s anti-terrorism laws appealing last weekend to Ken Bigley’s captors
"We have tens of millions of dollars in projects in Samarra, but you won’t get a dime as long as the city is not working hands to hands with the coalition."US Major General John Batiste lays down the law to Hamid Humud Shakti, governor of the Iraqi province of Samarra
