Verbatim: May 24, 2004

"Hizballah condemns this grisly act, which has caused great harm to Islam and to Muslims ..." HIZBALLAH, in a statement responding to the decapitation of American Nicholas Berg. The Lebanese terrorist group went on to complain that the act drew attention away from the abuse of IRAQI prisoners IN U.S. CUSTODY

"I'm probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than by the treatment." JAMES INHOFE, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, at an Armed Services Committee hearing on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners

"The only way we can lose is if we're lazy...

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