Opposition politicians swiftly denounced General Musharraf's announcement, and some predicted a rigged election.

Republicans swiftly denounced the State Democratic Party's advertisements, the latest episode in which a New York State political party has tried to affect the course of legislation through hard-hitting television advertising.

Last weekend, he sent out a pamphlet bearing the logo of the American Association of Retired Persons; the organization swiftly denounced the mailing as misleading and unauthorized.

Muslim leaders across Pakistan swiftly denounced the attacks, calling them brutal and unwarranted.

Some critics swiftly denounced the president's move as "a bow to the bombers," as Representative Anthony D. Weiner, Democrat of Brooklyn, put it.

The governor swiftly denounced both the state and the city tax increases, promising to veto the state levies but stopping short of threatening to block the city aid package.

As so often happens in the push-me-pull-you politics of Northern Ireland, the I.R.A.'s mostly Protestant antagonists swiftly denounced the plan as an empty gesture, and the republicans withdrew their offer.

Indeed, the main opposition party, Likud, swiftly denounced the Cabinet action today as a "disgrace."

The State Department was aware of the language in the current bill, which it knew would prompt outrage from Palestinians and other Arabs, who swiftly denounced it this week.

Human rights groups swiftly denounced the decision to hold high-level meetings, saying it had removed an important lever in American efforts to persuade China to improve its handling of dissidents, workers and women.