“Our hearts and our prayers are with the victims, ... But one should also keep in mind the importance of reconstruction in Iraq. You cannot leave Iraq alone, because failure is not an option here.”
“The stakes are very high, ... We're telling our American friends: 'We can do it together. We can do Baghdad together. We can do Iraq together. We, the Iraqi people together with the American liberators and the British liberators, we can achieve the task of getting rid of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies.' ”
“There is a strong move in the south to form a southern region. But there is a also a strong objection from Sunnis even though they accept autonomy for Kurdistan. They think ... federalism should be discussed after the coming elections.”
“Sunnis have concerns about a few issues, one of which is the modality of federalism. They have dropped their opposition to the principle of federalism,”
