The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
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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We want to be the masters of ourselves and to carry our responsibilities in this region.
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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 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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Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
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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 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.
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What was said before is not important.
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If they are successful, that will be seen as their next great triumph. And then, their target will be Jordan, where things will be easy for them.
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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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America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I’d rather be America’s enemy.
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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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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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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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All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly.
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You 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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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 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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It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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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 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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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.
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The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life.
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We are not panicking because we know that Islamic State cannot conquer the capital.
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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.
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