"Few care to look at Iraq properly, and go from Basra to Nasiriyah, to Kut, to Diala, to Najaf, to

"Few care to look at Iraq properly, and go from Basra to Nasiriyah, to Kut, to Diala, to Najaf, to Karbala, to Diwina, to Samawa, to Kirkuk, to Sulaymaniyah, to Dahuk, to Irbil. There are no problems."
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi
Ticking off a long list of cities that he said have been pacified.
"The one positive thing I can say is that a lot of security officers are pleased because they got my autograph."
Yusuf Islam
The singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, regarding his denied entry to the United States for being on Washington's no-fly list.