We honor the sacrifices the United States has made. |
We hope that by the end of 2006, our security forces are up to the level of taking responsibility from many American troops, with complete agreement with Americans, |
We hope that this constitution will be accepted by all Iraqis and that it will be for everybody. We are optimistic ... |
we hope the people will accept this constitution, but we don't deny there are some disputes. |
We in the Iraqi opposition have a common stand that the opposition forces, assisted by regional and international states including the United States, must undertake comprehensive democratic changes. |
We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime. |
We must not shy away from this support to eliminate the dictatorship and bring about a democratic, federal, pluralistic rule in Iraq. |
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that. |
We need American troops to intimidate our neighbors. |
We need to ignore some petty or nonessential or marginal issues in order to achieve national unity for Iraq, including the unity of the opposition. |
We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches. |
We need to unite and maintain peace as this incident can divert Iraq from the constitution to violence, |
We on our part have reaffirmed our commitment to the unity, independence, sovereignty and security of Iraq. |
We reached agreement today for parliament to open on March 16. |
We seek foreign assistance to help us develop our security forces and to partner with us as we try to further sustainable economic growth in our shattered country. |