Akhtar Saeed Quotes

We counted 19 missiles that landed in a small area of Baghdad. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

We're not crazy. We're just not in the dark anymore. And my goodness, we can see you so clearly now. ~ Saeed Jones

The insane little dwarf, Bush. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Any belief that cannot be defended by logic, proof or evidence is protected by hurt feelings and if needed expressed by violence. ~ Javed Akhtar

Iraqi forces are still in control of the city, and they are engaging in an attrition war with the enemy. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies! ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Saeed was certain he was in love. Nadia was not certain what exactly she was feeling, but she was certain it had force. Dramatic circumstances, such as those in which they and other new lovers in the city now found themselves, have a habit of creating dramatic emotions, and furthermore the curfew served to conjure up an effect similar to that of a long-distance relationship, and long-distance relationships are well known for their potential to heighten passion, at least for a while, just as fasting is well known to heighten one's appreciation for food. ~ Mohsin Hamid

When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush were scratching around in caves. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

We will in fact encourage them to commit more suicides. We have given them death and poison. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

PRETENDING TO DROWN

The only regret is that I waited
longer than a breath
to scatter the sun's reflection
with my body.

New stars burst upon the water
when you pulled me in.

On the shore, our clothes
begged us to be good boys again.

Every stick our feet touched
a snapping turtle, every shadow
a water moccasin.

Excuses to swim closer to one another.

I sank into the depths to see you
as the lake saw you: cut in half
by the surface, taut legs kicking,
the rest of you sky.

Suddenly still, a clear view
of what you knew I wanted
to see.

When I resurfaced, slick grin,
knowing glance; you pushed me
back under.

I pretended to drown,
then swallowed you whole. ~ Saeed Jones

while you play bowling with one ball you will be late because untill come in that ball it's need time so you need more than one ball in order to defeat the whole army . ~ Ragir Saeed

Up till now, they are only on dock No. 10, not in Umm Qasr, not in the city ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

They are most welcome. We will butcher them. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Iraq will spread them even more and chop them up. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

These cowards have no morals. They have no shame about lying. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Life is one big chore. ~ Jemina Akhtar

I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Just as some cultures have a hundred words for 'snow,' there should be a hundred words in our language for all the ways a black boy can lie awake at night. ~ Saeed Jones

Sooner or later we've all got to confront the reality that we have got to come to understand who we are and what we're doing, and the extent to which we are guided or manipulated by forces that are beyond our control. ~ Ayad Akhtar

The Iraqi troops and the Iraqi fighters are in control of all the places, as we have witnessed, no big change in that. We are fighting against them. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Sometimes to comprehend one's message you have to use mirror or a water. ~ Umar Inuwa Sa'eed Kibiya

In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not. ~ Ayad Akhtar

It's a small town, it has only a few docks ... now they are in a trap. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president. ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Every time I look into the mirror, I want to see a man whose mother, sister, wife and daughter are proud to call their own. ~ Farhan Akhtar

They are lying every day. They are lying always, and mainly they are lying to their public opinion ~ Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf