Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new government. That will be difficult, but it is possible.
AHMED CHALABIThere 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.
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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It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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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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Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
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The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi 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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Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq.
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We are not panicking because we know that Islamic State cannot conquer the capital.
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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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What was said before is not important.
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European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
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All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
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Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
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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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Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly.
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