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Now, we need a joint military leadership so that the Kurds and the army can retake Mosul.

Ahmed Chalabi

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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What was said before is not important.
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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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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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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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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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It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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There is no Kurdish state. But that shouldn’t prevent the Kurds from continuing to develop their own institutions. Still, the best thing for them would be to remain a part of Iraq, but in return we must treat them with respect – their nationality, their language and their culture.
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