Verbatim: May 26, 2003

"The United States will find the killers, and they will learn the meaning of American justice...Just ask the Taliban." GEORGE BUSH on the al-Qaeda-linked car bombings that killed at least 30 people, including Americans, in Saudi Arabia

"It's like the Texas you see in the movies." ENAS HAMDANI, Iraqi doctor, on the lawlessness in Iraq

"I think we have good control, but we may need to police up some meatheads." LLOYD AUSTIN, Brigadier General of the Third Infantry Division, on providing security in Iraq

"He thought I was some kind of airhead academic, and I thought he was rather an arrogant...

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