The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.
AHMED CHALABIYou know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt.
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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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To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.
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European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
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What was said before is not important.
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I 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.
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We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.
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America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I’d rather be America’s enemy.
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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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Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new government. That will be difficult, but it is possible.
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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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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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Islamic 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.
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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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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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It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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