Voices and Reactions : IN THE U.S.

“I am not with America. I am not with Saddam Hussein. I am with the people of Iraq. America wants to hurt Saddam Hussein, but he will never be hurt, never. The people, the families are the ones who suffer from this.”

--Yousif Zallew, a Detroit grocery store owner

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“Iraq has clearly provoked military action by their severe breaches of the peace agreement. . . . I support the President in helping the United Nations carry out this mission.”

--Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

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“Saddam Hussein must get the message: cease all violations. The United Nations must back up its resolutions with action if those resolutions are to have any credibility. The world should show similar solidarity to enforce U.N. resolutions creating a ‘no-fly zone’ over Bosnia.”

--Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

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“This time, we’ve got to get him. . . . Saddam himself must be rooted out. . . . He must be taken out. . . . Until and unless he is eliminated, this is going to continue.”

--Sen. Alfonse M. D’Amato (R-N.Y.)

AROUND THE WORLD

“We shall have no hesitation” in taking further action if Saddam Hussein does not stop violating U.N. resolutions.

--British Prime Minister John Major

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“I am deeply sorry that the situation has escalated to the point requiring the use of force against Iraq . . . (but Iraq should) stop its adventurous policy that harms Iraqi people, their rights and future. The safety of the Iraqi people, Iraq’s unity and the lives of its people should be spared.”

--President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

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“I hope this would not escalate and cover the north as well.”

--Premier Suleyman Demirel of Turkey

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“We are sorry and worried about the air attack against Iraq. This threatens Iraq’s unity and the safety of its Arab people.”

--Esmat Abdel-Meguid, secretary general of Arab League

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“The Kuwaiti people are as happy as a bride on her wedding day. An old man called to tell me that he never felt that he wanted to live as much as he did today so that he could hear that Saddam has been finished.”

--Columnist Fuad Hashem of Al Watan newspaper in Kuwait

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“We assume this will not affect the situation in Israel. The fact is that . . . I feel very good.”

--Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel

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“We are against force and we support dialogue.”

--Foreign Minister Kamel abu Jaber of Jordan