"The speech contained incitement and encouragement of terrorists acts which the whole world has rejected and condemned, " Sheikh Ahmad told the Kuwaiti News Agency.

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According to transcripts of Mr Obama's speech, he did say, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation", in a statement the day after the attack.

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who in 1940 had said, "The fighters are our salvation but the bombers alone provide the means of victory, " was so shocked by the extent of the annihilation that he issued a memo criticizing the "acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive" and in his VE Day speech at the end of the war scarcely mentioned Bomber Command.

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Upon assuming office following Sadat's assassination, one of Mubarak's first acts was to declare a state of emergency that barred unauthorized assembly, restricted freedom of speech and allowed police to jail people indefinitely.

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