I strongly believe that a federal structure based on administrative and geographic lines with strong powers for the federated states will be the best solution for Iraq.
AHMED CHALABIEuropean governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
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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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Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new government. That will be difficult, but it is possible.
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What was said before is not important.
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Maliki saw Islamic State as a way to exert pressure. If I am not re-elected, terror will befall you – that was his message.
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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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The Kurds know that they won’t achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what the German foreign minister said in connection with the arms deliveries.
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The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve.
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The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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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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European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
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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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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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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 Kurds’ achievement was outstanding, both militarily and diplomatically.
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