They are Iraqi and American forces, and they perform their mission, the mission of cleaning the area from terrorists. |
They cannot have Islamic government. In Iraq, Islamic government is impossible. |
They promised to help and to protect us. Even Dick Cheney was clear when we asked him about the protection of the Kurdish people. He said he would do it, |
This delay will not shake the confidence of the Iraqi people, which stands behind its parliament, |
This is going to unify the nation and the people to work against terrorism, |
This is the day of national conciliation, |
This is the first constitution in our history in which all of the Iraqi people have taken part, ... I know there are gaps in the constitution, but only God is complete. The Koran is the only book that cannot be changed. The constitution can be amended. |
This is the first time a Kurd has been freely elected to be the president of an Arab country. |
This is the first time that Ankara has confirmed the concept of federalism publicly. |
This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. |
This will leave a scar in our souls and will be remembered with those who died in the result of terror acts, |
Those who think terrorism in Iraq is the result of the presence of multinational forces are wrong, |
Time and again the U.S. has given the world its most precious resource in the cause of freedom, the lives of its most talented and courageous young men and women. |
to accept some amendments deemed vital for the Islamic and Arab worlds concerning the Arab League because Iraq is a founding member in the Arab League. |
Today is a day for national consensus, |