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"It exterminates thousands and forces them not to eat or drink, and they will have to evacuate their homes without taking anything with them, until we can finally purge them."

SADDAM HUSSEIN, the late Iraqi dictator, on a tape recorded in the 1980s that reveals his plans to murder Kurds with chemical weapons. The recording was played Jan. 8 at the trial of those accused in the 1988 Anfal genocide campaign against the Kurds

"I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear. The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."

PAT ROBERTSON, religious broadcaster, on his prediction that terrorists will attack the U.S. in late 2007

"If he surges another 20, 30 or whatever number he's going to, into Baghdad, it'll be a tragic mistake. But as a practical matter, there is no way to say, 'Mr. President, stop.'"

SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN, Democratic chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, about Congress's limited power to alter President Bush's Iraq strategy

"I cost the Dallas Cowboys a playoff win. It's going to sit with me for a long time ... I don't think I've ever felt this low at any point."

TONY ROMO, Dallas quarterback, whose botched hold of a last-second field-goal attempt handed the victory to the Seattle Seahawks

"She was the best candidate for the job."

NATASHA WOOLLARD, spokeswoman for the Tower of London, about appointing a woman as one of the tower's guardians--nicknamed Beefeaters--for the first time in the 522-year history of the job

Sources: Reuters; AP; MSNBC; AP; Reuters