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鈥淭here is deep disquiet in Britain鈥檚 military establishment about the confused objectives of a war鈥gainst a country that poses no threat.鈥

Intelligence writer Richard Norton-Taylor on how security insiders view an attack on Iraq, The Guardian, London, 24 February

鈥淪ome media experts say we got between $600 million and $700 million worth of coverage and I did nothing.鈥

Cult leader Rael, describing the financial benefits to the Raelians of their claim to have cloned a baby, The New York Times, 24 February

鈥淲hat if, for the past year or so, terrorists working in US factories have been putting lethal biochemical agents on duct tape?鈥

Newspaper columnist Dave Barry, quoted by Newsweek, 24 February

鈥淭his is the largest biological experiment in the history of the world.鈥

Neurosurgeon Leif Salford of Lund University, Sweden, on the 1.3 billion people who now use mobile phones, Time, 24 February

鈥淥n Mars it can get down to 鈭125 掳C. Utah is obviously a lot warmer.鈥

Student Jennifer Laing, part of a team preparing to spend a month at a simulated Mars base in the desert, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February

鈥淚f you weren鈥檛 out of that building in 30 seconds, you didn鈥檛 have a prayer.鈥

Rhode Island governor Donald Carcieri, after stage fireworks ignited soundproofing foam in a nightclub, killing 97 members of the audience, The Boston Globe, 22 February

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