Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is. |
Our priority is the prosperity of Iraq and unity, without which there won't be security nor prosperity. |
Out of responsibility for the protection of our dear people, I have ordered the authorities concerned of the Interior Ministry to chase the party that perpetrated this cowardly act and to put an end to their subversive activities, |
Politically we are very different now. But those were nice days then. |
rich nation made temporarily poor. |
Saddam and his colleagues are not the giants that the media sometimes talks about. Saddam sent us an oral message in which he begged for mercy. He said that they were working in the public interest and did not mean any harm, |
Saddam Hussein, along with up to 11 other high-value detainees, will be transferred to legal custody of Iraq tomorrow and will be charged by an Iraq investigative judge on the following day, |
Since the state was dismantled in Iraq, institutions have disappeared and people have withdrawn into their clans and tribes. |
The government's position is clear and specific to ending armed manifestations, stopping acts of sabotage and making the armed men leave Najaf and the mosque, |
The Iraqi government accepts this attitude. We met with them, and we welcome their initiative, |
The Iraqi government now commands 50,000 armed and combat ready Iraqis. By January, it will be some 145,000. And by the end of next year, some 250,000 Iraqis, |
The major challenges are security related being the threat of insurgency and terrorism..major challenges also remain national unity and the will to cement national unity. |
The most important natural resource has been returned to Iraqis to serve all Iraqis. |
The problem with foreign debt emerges as the most serious obstacle. We are indebted in billions of dollars, |
the security situation is still bad. |