"We are seeing the beginnings ... in the last two weeks of some degree of spring surge by the enemy

"We are seeing the beginnings ... in the last two weeks of some degree of spring surge by the enemy forces. I think ... they still have the ability to conduct attacks, but those attacks are growing increasingly more focused on vulnerable populations."
Lt. Gen. David Barno
The top American commander in Afghanistan.
"They discuss imposing sanctions on us, and then they write us a letter telling us how we can help on stabilizing and pacifying Iraq."
Imad Moustapha
Syrian ambassador, referring to a letter Secretary of State Colin Powell sent recently to Syria's president. Moustapha said in an interview he finds Washington politics illogical.
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