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"The whole of Korea will be reduced to ashes."
COMMITTEE FOR THE PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF THE FATHERLAND,
a North Korean governmental organization, on the consequences of a U.S. military strike on the country's nuclear reactor facilities

"Today Iraq still poses a threat and Iraq still remains in material breach."
COLIN POWELL,
U.S. Secretary of State, in a presentation on Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction to the U.N. Security Council

"This was a typical American show complete with stunts and special effects."
AMIR AL-SAADI,
Iraqi general, denying Powell's allegations

"I am 100% sure, well, 99%, because only God can be 100% sure, that he is not in Pakistan."
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF,
Pakistani President, revising his earlier claims that Osama bin Laden is dead

"I cussed at a lady... My daughter always said I had a potty mouth."
COURTNEY LOVE,
rock star turned actress, after being arrested for abusive behavior on a Virgin Airlines flight to London that had been at the invitation of founder Richard Branson