Europe

“I am looking at it [Katrina] and cannot believe what I see.”

“The United States will not be the next Atlantis and it will not be engulfed by Hurricane Katrina.”

“Europeans will learn that the only thing worse than America’s power is America’s weakness.”

“A woman and her daughter appear. Why these two? Were they waiting for him? Who chose them?”

“Bush is not a god, but a Chief of State, and the State is a powerful machine, but not an all-purpose one.”

“Serious individuals ... recall the frailty of the colossus: a country that lives on credit, and equipped with failing school and health protection systems.”

“Perhaps the fight against terrorism, which must be fought, should have been carried out with more rationality.”

“Wake up Paris, before the apocalyptic nightmare of jihad arrives in our capital!”

Der Spiegel , Germany For Bush's Man in Berlin, Katrina Was 'Heaven-Sent'
William Timken, Jr.
	“Many Teutonic eyebrows have been raised by the impression that Timken got his job by being one of President George W. Bush's many 'Super Rangers.'”

“For some time now, the American government has been leading the call.”

“Several reports on the poor situation in the refugee camps were kept out of the media at the request of President Herbert Hoover.”

Middle East & Africa

“We sincerely share in the mourning of the Americans, who as a rule are a great people, even if they aren't or haven't always been led by worthy politicians.”

“Iran's right to enrich nuclear fuel is guaranteed under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

“George Bush is without doubt the most terrifying president America has ever had.”

Saudi Sheik Saleh Al-Sidlan

“Iraqi ministries are still scrambling to raise the cash to meet compensation claims from Najaf, Sadr City, Falluja, Ramadi, Haditha, Qaim, Samarra and many other cities.”

“A sense of alarm was struck in the West by a strange notice appearing on al Qaeda’s internal electronic network on August 24.”

9/11 Conspiracy Theories

“We may fail to achieve a satisfactory result because the United States is behind this trial.”

Dr. Shahram Mohammadnejad

“The United States is nearly invulnerable, but it has more than one weak point.”

Americas, Asia & Oceania

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”

“China’s goal is to build a series of strategic bases – a so-called 'string of pearls' – along the major sea lanes.”

“George W. could be the last laconic byproduct of a corporate conception of politics and democracy that is now very much on doubt.”

“The spinning skills of Bush's handlers are so finely tuned - and much of the U.S. media still so compliant - that there's actually a debate going on.”

“[Governor] Blanco and [Mayor] Nagin have both been terrible leaders, unwilling to co-operate with each other, and with Washington.”

Pak Tribune, Pakistan Ex-Taliban Minister Castigates Ungrateful bin Laden
Wakil Mutawakil
	Edited English Text Original Article (English) “Mutawakil chides bin Laden for his baffling failure to devote even a fraction of his wealth to the prosperity of Afghanistan.”

“The history of Sino-U.S. ties shows there is disharmony when the two nations lack a common threat.”

“The British and American bomber pilots came, unopposed, safe and cosy in their state-of-the-art aircraft, pressing buttons to drop bombs.”

“The implications could be more catastrophic than the Great Depression of the 1930s.”