In lighter vein ...

Saddam calls Bush on 11th sept:

Saddam: Mr President, I would like to express my
condolences to you. It is a real tragedy. So many people,
such great buildings... I would like to ensure that we had nothing in connection with that...It was not us...

Bush: What buildings? What people??

Saddam: Oh, and what time it is in America now?

Bush: It's eight in the morning.

Saddam: Oops...Will call back in an hour! Bye bye.

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The Prime Minister of China called President Bush to
console him:

"I'm sorry to hear about the attack. It is a very
big tragedy. But in case you are missing any documents from
the Pentagon, we have copies of everything."