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"Over a century ago, Mark Twain concluded, "the very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice"."

"Is citizenship alone the core principle for demanding justice? As a matter of principle, the inquiry is not necessary because Mr. Arar is a Canadian citizen. It is required because he is a human being, who is treated inhumanly."

"One of the major lobbies that leads the mainstream media is the corporations, especially those that produce weapons."

"President Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka first suspended Parliament for two weeks and sacked three ministers, that of Defence, Interior and the Media, from the Cabinet."

"But even if Damascus shuts down the bases of these militant organizations--Hamas and Islamic Jihad--their violent anti-Israel activities in the occupied territories and in Israel would hardly be reduced; nor would the Israeli-Palestinian impasse be resolved."

"The good news for Muslims is not only that Ebadi is the first Muslim woman ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but also that she has not blamed Islam for the shortcomings of Muslims."

"The American public has been more patient with the U.S. government in Iraq than in Lebanon and Somalia. After the September 11 attacks, the President and his people repeatedly implied -- disingenuously -- that Saddam was implicated in that tragedy. But after President Bush was finally forced to admit that no Saddam-September 11 link had been discovered and that no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq were found that could be given to terrorists, the Bush’s administration’s justifications for war are now in shambles."

"The decision to award the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize to Shirin Ebadi, the intrepid Iranian human rights lawyer and former judge, took everyone by surprise -- not least Ebadi herself."