All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
AHMED CHALABINow, we need a joint military leadership so that the Kurds and the army can retake Mosul.
More Ahmed Chalabi Quotes
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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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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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We are not panicking because we know that Islamic State cannot conquer the capital.
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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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Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly.
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We want to be the masters of ourselves and to carry our responsibilities in this region.
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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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What was said before is not important.
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Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
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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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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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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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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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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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