The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
AHMED CHALABIThe United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
AHMED CHALABIWhat was said before is not important.
AHMED CHALABIBaathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
AHMED CHALABIIslamic State is following a clear strategy. First, it wants to solidify its power in Iraq and Syria. Then, their fighters will try to advance to Syria’s Mediterranean coast.
AHMED CHALABIThe 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.
AHMED CHALABIWe want to be the masters of ourselves and to carry our responsibilities in this region.
AHMED CHALABISectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
AHMED CHALABIMany Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly.
AHMED CHALABIWe need a united front against Islamic State and Assad happens to be the decisive power that can fight them. But the situation is preposterous because we also have to respect the calls for change. I would be in favor of a dignified change.
AHMED CHALABIThe battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.
AHMED CHALABIThe 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.
AHMED CHALABIIraq 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.
AHMED CHALABINot 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.
AHMED CHALABIAnd 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.
AHMED CHALABIThe view that we hold in Iraq now is this – that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
AHMED CHALABII call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq’s money.
AHMED CHALABI