"Ladies and gentlemen, we got him."
Paul Bremer, US Administrator in Iraq, declaring
the arrest of Saddam Hussein.
"I
am Saddam Hussein, I'm the president of Iraq and I'm willing
to negotiate." Major Brian Reed, operations
officer for the first brigade of the Fourth Infantry Division,
quoting Saddam as saying when the former president was found
hiding in a hole at a hut.
"With
our blood, with our soul we will defend you Saddam Hussein."
Demonstrators who gathered to protest the arrest of the deposed
president.
"None
is stopping me from running my store as a Tk 500 bribe to a
drug superintendent is enough to solve the problem." A
drugstore owner who runs an unauthorised dispensary.
"We
have only six superintendents who are overwhelmed with heavy
workload at the desk." Abdul Gani, director
of Bangladesh Drug Administration, which gives licence to the
drugstores.
“The
people of the area are frustrated." MP Mohammad
Shahjahan, explaining the reason for incidents that
left 34 lynched in his area in Noakhali.
"I
have three children and there is none to look after them."
A woman, whose husband was killed by the mob
in Noakhali.
"American
citizens in Bangladesh should remain vigilant, particularly
in public places frequented by foreigners, including but not
limited to hotels, restaurants, shopping areas, and places of
worship." A US State department announcement
alerting its citizens to potential threats against US interests
in Bangladesh.
"Suppose,
I got 50,000 votes, and my opponents all together secured 70,000
votes. In the existing system I will be elected a lawmaker.
Do I represent the majority?" M Saifur Rahman,
finance minister. Saifur believes the electoral system should
be amended to strengthen democracy.
"The
basic problem is the dearth of credible persons." Shah
AMS Kibria, former finance minister at a seminar on
parliamentary democracy organised by the Jatya Sangsad and UNDP.
"It
was all rather wonderfully formal." Mick Jagger,
rockstar and once a scourge of the British establishment, when
he was knighted by prince Charles at the Buckingham Palace.
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