Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
AHMED CHALABIThe issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life.
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Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
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All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
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What was said before is not important.
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Now, we need a joint military leadership so that the Kurds and the army can retake Mosul.
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Already, Islamic State has broad support in many cities there. And when they get there, it will once again come as a great surprise to everybody.
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The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place.
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Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don’t want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.
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We are not panicking because we know that Islamic State cannot conquer the capital.
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Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
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And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.
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It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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Not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.
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The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam’s regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.
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The meeting is called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the U.S. will present its vision, and there will be a statement after the meeting.
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The view that we hold in Iraq now is this – that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
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