* Toppling the Saddam statue

"The masses are no doubt glad to see the back of Saddam Hussein, but this was a US Army propaganda coup, staged for the benefit of the same journalists it had bombed the day previously, and which the British media have swallowed hook line and sinker. Shame on them."



* Justifying the next invasion - Rumsfeld accuses Syria of sheltering Ba'athists

"The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, accused Syria yesterday of helping senior members of Iraq's Ba'ath regime to escape.

In some cases the fugitives were stopping when they got to Syria, but others were travelling on to other countries. "Senior regime people are moving out of Iraq and into Syria," Mr Rumsfeld said. Asked what evidence he had, he said the US was getting "scraps of evidence" that Syria had been "facilitating" the traffic in leading Ba'athists."



* More PNAC-related reporting - Analysis: Power Americana

"The US appears to be heading to war with Iraq whatever happens, with implications for the future conduct of American foreign policy."