[Efforts to rebuild and stabilize the country] are being challenged at every step, ... and we expect terrorists to step up their attempts to create civil tensions and prevent national unity ahead of the constitutional referendum. |
All indications we are getting ... are encouraging and positive for a 'Yes' vote for this constitution. This would be really a major achievement, ... So my guess is, yes, it will be passed. |
All indications we are getting, even from those provinces where the vote may swing, are encouraging and positive as for a yes vote for this constitution, |
Any premature departure of international troops would lead to chaos and the real possibility of a civil war in Iraq, |
engaging in talks with everyone who believes in the political process. |
especially when they are in harm's way. |
Everybody is waiting. They haven't made up their minds whether this Iraqi project will succeed or not, ... Everybody is apprehensive and some of them, to be honest, want it to fail so they can keep away from this pressure to reform. |
I think this project of democracy-building in Iraq has alarmed many authoritarian autocratic regimes in the region, ... Many of them are counting on our failure, and they have not been helpful. |
I told the Arabs [at a recent meeting] that the reason for Iran's influence in Iraq is that you are absent, ... I said the indifference, the wait-and-see attitude, helps other countries fill the vacuum. |
ideas (he has presented) for some practical steps which can help boost morale on the domestic Iraqi scene. |
Iraq is proud to stand with the nations of the world as a country that upholds the core values of the UN charter, ... But Iraq also provides the test case for success or failure. We know our clear way forward, but we need your help. We need the help of every member nation and this organization to win this fight. We stick together or we lose together. |
It will really be the trial of the history of his regime over 35 years, |
left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq. |
Make no mistake. We are here to stay, ... We are not temporary or interim leaders. After Saddam's topple, you have to live with these faces, whether you like them or you dislike them. |
Nowhere are the goals of freedom, democracy and progress more at stake, ... We know our clear way forward, but we need your help. We need the help of every member nation and this organization to win this fight. We stick together, or we lose together. |