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QUOTES: Great run in today's Best of the Web Today:

We Get Results

"According to U.S. intelligence officials, Saddam and his entourage simply move in with a private family. Members of the family, including children, are taken as hostages so that no other family member will be tempted to inform on Saddam's whereabouts. These sources said that when Saddam is ready to move to another safe house, the hostages are returned and the family is paid as much as $50,000 for the temporary use of their home." --United Press International, June 2

"Why doesn't the U.S. simply outbid the Baathists? If we were to offer, say, a $500,000 or $1 million reward, surely some Iraqi would be willing to sell out his family."--Best of the Web Today, June 3

"The United States on Thursday offered $25 million for any information that leads to the capture of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein or confirmation of his death. 'I am today announcing a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein, and a $15 million reward for information leading to the capture of either of his two sons,' Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator for Iraq, said in a statement."--Reuters, July 3

"The Iraqi informant who led U.S. forces to Uday and Qusay Hussein is in protective custody and will receive a reward of $30 million, a high-ranking U.S. military officer told CNN Wednesday."--CNN.com, July 23

BBC 'Imitates' Reuters

"Saddam's Sons 'Dead' "--headline, BBC Web site, July 23

"Iraq 'Deaths' Will Have Huge Effect"--headline, BBC Web site, July 22

"Tests 'Show Saddam's Sons Died' "--headline, BBC Web site, July 23