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JEFF DUNCAN So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal syst...
WILLIAM ODOM The Shiites in the south and the Kurds in the north would need to join together, but the Kurds are m...
ROBERT JERVIS If that happens, that oyster will not come back ever unless you dump oyster shells,
DAVID HEIL The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you ha...
JAMES R. CLAPPER It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting pr...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this re...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We are not going to abandon Iraq.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, buil...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD At this point, the determination is to meet the Aug. 15 deadline.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We want him to form as quickly as possible a good, strong cabinet. It is important that there be a c...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I congratulate the Iraqi people on having arrived at this historic moment. The U.S. is proud of the ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I would not like to elaborate ... I think they should understand what I mean.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iraq's political parties and their leaders must come together to reinforce their commitment to democ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We will help them if our help is needed. They will have to decide if they need help or not.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD In order for Iraq to succeed, there has to be cross-ethnic and cross-sectarian cooperation.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If another incident occurs, Iraq is really vulnerable to it at this time, in my judgment.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Leaders decided to bring forward the opening of the assembly now rather than on the 19th.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This decision, the formation of a government of national unity is extremely important. If they (Iraq...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The meeting was a very positive step. It was a good day today in Baghdad.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I know that without the right to speak freely, other rights will be denied and democracy will wither...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I have discussed the issue with the interior minister. She clearly is in a dangerous situation, but ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD He said that based on the information that he has, that she is alive and that they have information ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think the country came to the brink of civil war. (They) decided to come together and now the risk...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is causing difficulties for my family and myself. I have been doing this thing for a long time. I...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We're going to press very hard for this.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extr...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This is a critical moment for Iraq. We call on all Iraqis to unite against terror and violence. Comi...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD What we've seen in the past two days, the attack has had a major impact here, getting everyone's att...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is a moment of danger but also a moment of opportunity.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think American impatience has to do with the notion that we don't know what we're doing. If we cou...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I do believe it's possible that we could adjust our forces, downsizing them in the course of next ye...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The security ministries have to be run by people who are not associated with militias and who are no...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD When there have been differences between the various forces with regard to a particular issue, and t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The neighbors can make it harder. It can take longer. But success is inevitable. This country has th...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If the Sunnis do not buy into this draft, then it would be a problem.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We hope that this will be a government based on national unity, formed without regard to sectarianis...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If the Sunnis do not buy into this draft . .. then it would be a problem. It could assist the insurg...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We want him to form as quickly as possible a good, strong cabinet.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iran is a very complicated player, an influential player seeking regional pre- eminence. Iraq is ver...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This is a defining moment. While I encourage participation from all, the United States does not endo...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD and that our efforts and the effort of many women here in Iraq and the international community will ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I believe that a final, final draft has not yet been, or the edits have not been, presented yet so t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I don't believe that we got him. Of course, his days are numbered, we are after him, we are getting ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I assured them that the United States believes strongly that the Iraqi constitution should provide e...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians as I engaged them in Afghanistan direct...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians as I engaged them in Afghanistan direct...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD At this point the determination is to meet the August 15 deadline.
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ZALMAY KHALILZAD Everything that needs to be done must be done to avoid a civil war, and I think they are keenly awar...
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ZALMAY KHALILZAD Today marks another momentous step in the building of a new Iraq, ... will help pave the path to a d...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD right for Iraq at the present time.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The draft constitution has moved in the right direction and is moving toward becoming the national c...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is critical that the newly elected leaders of Iraq do their part by forming a government of natio...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It's clear that we have a lot at stake in Iraq. Failure is not an option for Iraqis or for us here i...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD There is movement across its borders of people and matériel used in violent acts against Iraq.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I believe that they're on the wrong side of history ? that the people of Iraq are moving away from t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iraq is such an important place in the world. What happens in Iraq will determine and shape the futu...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think we would assume since these discussions are with regard to our concern with Iranian policies...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD You can't attract capital investment from outside Iraq unless you have a constitution... get rule of...
STEVE KING Kurds want to remain in Turkey but they want the country to be part of the EU. If they see that Turk...
DOGU ERGIL Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autono...
TIMOTHY NOAH Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And ...
AHMED CHALABI The Shiites hate him, and so do the Kurds. So if he is convicted, they will be happy.
JEFFREY HART پێویستمان بە بومەلەرزەیەکی سیاسیە نەوەک بومەلەرزەیەك�...
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What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a...
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RYAN GOSLING They don't have the resources to do that nor, unless we get that supplemental (federal) money, will ...
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America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which ki...
HENRY ROLLINS![]()
Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Ir...
JAY INSLEE The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude t...
TIMOTHY NOAH The hope is not only will they extend their stay for a vacation but they also will come back if they...
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MOLLY IVINS [Khalilzad acknowledged he was] personally disappointed ... some differences in views on details, bu...
IBRAHIM JAFARI Iraq's Kurds are an active part of Iraqi society... and Arabs consider them as brothers. The identit...
AMR MUSSA I'm not sure whether they (the board) will come away and say that's who we want or they will say do ...
DON FURNER The Kurds have had very little say in the decisions made about them and they have been denied their ...
BAHAEDDIN ADAB They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think t...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The band will be going along, and somebody or another will say, 'I want to go off and do a solo ...
CHRIS SQUIRE Now, the time has come for the rest of the world to recognize that a federal, democratic Iraq that c...
JALAL TALABANI Each year we have students that come back because they say it is less expensive.
ALAN HARGRAVE They did say that the time might come where they needed me back in there,
DANTE ROSS I've never heard an agency say, 'Unless you industrialize I will not support you.'
YOWERI MUSEVENI Unless it can be credibly established that a mobilizing Federal resource ... is not needed at the ca...
MICHAEL CHERTOFF There's always the fear that when you come back you will not be the same and something might go miss...
ERNIE ELS![]()
This trial can divide or heal. Unless it is seen as absolutely fair, and fair in fact, it will divid...
RAMSEY CLARK![]()
The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require ...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE![]()
Love is unknown. To open the heart in trust is unknown. They say love hurts. It doesn't have to.
DON MIGUEL RUIZ If Boston Scientific is to come back, they will have to come back north of US$75 to keep this alive....
KEAY NAKAE![]()
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CONOR OBERST If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunn...
WAYNE WHITE In five years, federal officials say people will be more likely to be a victim of this crime than no...
CORT JENSEN I strongly believe that a federal structure based on administrative and geographic lines with strong...
AHMED CHALABI They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.
JOHN PAUL STEVENS
BOB MULLER The United States did not act in Iraq in 1988 when gas was being used on the Kurds or when gas was u...
JEFF DUNCAN So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal syst...
WILLIAM ODOM The Shiites in the south and the Kurds in the north would need to join together, but the Kurds are m...
ROBERT JERVIS If that happens, that oyster will not come back ever unless you dump oyster shells,
DAVID HEIL The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you ha...
JAMES R. CLAPPER It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting pr...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this re...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We are not going to abandon Iraq.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, buil...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD At this point, the determination is to meet the Aug. 15 deadline.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We want him to form as quickly as possible a good, strong cabinet. It is important that there be a c...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I congratulate the Iraqi people on having arrived at this historic moment. The U.S. is proud of the ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I would not like to elaborate ... I think they should understand what I mean.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iraq's political parties and their leaders must come together to reinforce their commitment to democ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We will help them if our help is needed. They will have to decide if they need help or not.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD In order for Iraq to succeed, there has to be cross-ethnic and cross-sectarian cooperation.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If another incident occurs, Iraq is really vulnerable to it at this time, in my judgment.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Leaders decided to bring forward the opening of the assembly now rather than on the 19th.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This decision, the formation of a government of national unity is extremely important. If they (Iraq...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The meeting was a very positive step. It was a good day today in Baghdad.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I know that without the right to speak freely, other rights will be denied and democracy will wither...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I have discussed the issue with the interior minister. She clearly is in a dangerous situation, but ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD He said that based on the information that he has, that she is alive and that they have information ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think the country came to the brink of civil war. (They) decided to come together and now the risk...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is causing difficulties for my family and myself. I have been doing this thing for a long time. I...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We're going to press very hard for this.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extr...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This is a critical moment for Iraq. We call on all Iraqis to unite against terror and violence. Comi...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD What we've seen in the past two days, the attack has had a major impact here, getting everyone's att...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is a moment of danger but also a moment of opportunity.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think American impatience has to do with the notion that we don't know what we're doing. If we cou...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I do believe it's possible that we could adjust our forces, downsizing them in the course of next ye...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The security ministries have to be run by people who are not associated with militias and who are no...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD When there have been differences between the various forces with regard to a particular issue, and t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The neighbors can make it harder. It can take longer. But success is inevitable. This country has th...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If the Sunnis do not buy into this draft, then it would be a problem.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We hope that this will be a government based on national unity, formed without regard to sectarianis...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If the Sunnis do not buy into this draft . .. then it would be a problem. It could assist the insurg...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD We want him to form as quickly as possible a good, strong cabinet.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iran is a very complicated player, an influential player seeking regional pre- eminence. Iraq is ver...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD This is a defining moment. While I encourage participation from all, the United States does not endo...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD and that our efforts and the effort of many women here in Iraq and the international community will ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I believe that a final, final draft has not yet been, or the edits have not been, presented yet so t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I don't believe that we got him. Of course, his days are numbered, we are after him, we are getting ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I assured them that the United States believes strongly that the Iraqi constitution should provide e...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians as I engaged them in Afghanistan direct...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians as I engaged them in Afghanistan direct...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD At this point the determination is to meet the August 15 deadline.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD You can't have someone who is regarded as sectarian as the minister of interior.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I believe that a final, final draft has not yet been, or the edits have not been, presented yet, so ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Things are getting better. The Iraqis came to the brink of civil war as a result of the attack on th...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Everything that needs to be done must be done to avoid a civil war, and I think they are keenly awar...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD If Iraqis among themselves, in the assembly and those from outside, decide to make some adjustments ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Today marks another momentous step in the building of a new Iraq, ... will help pave the path to a d...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD right for Iraq at the present time.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD The draft constitution has moved in the right direction and is moving toward becoming the national c...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It is critical that the newly elected leaders of Iraq do their part by forming a government of natio...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD It's clear that we have a lot at stake in Iraq. Failure is not an option for Iraqis or for us here i...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD There is movement across its borders of people and matériel used in violent acts against Iraq.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I believe that they're on the wrong side of history ? that the people of Iraq are moving away from t...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD Iraq is such an important place in the world. What happens in Iraq will determine and shape the futu...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I think we would assume since these discussions are with regard to our concern with Iranian policies...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD You can't attract capital investment from outside Iraq unless you have a constitution... get rule of...
STEVE KING Kurds want to remain in Turkey but they want the country to be part of the EU. If they see that Turk...
DOGU ERGIL Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autono...
TIMOTHY NOAH Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And ...
AHMED CHALABI The Shiites hate him, and so do the Kurds. So if he is convicted, they will be happy.
JEFFREY HART پێویستمان بە بومەلەرزەیەکی سیاسیە نەوەک بومەلەرزەیەك�...
DAVAN YAHYA KHALIL
What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a... NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.&... RYAN GOSLING They don't have the resources to do that nor, unless we get that supplemental (federal) money, will ...
CHESTER JOURDAN
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which ki... HENRY ROLLINS
Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Ir... JAY INSLEE The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude t...
TIMOTHY NOAH The hope is not only will they extend their stay for a vacation but they also will come back if they...
KAREN BRAND
The Kurds will not be allowed to have an independent country because Turkey wouldn't stand for i... MOLLY IVINS [Khalilzad acknowledged he was] personally disappointed ... some differences in views on details, bu...
IBRAHIM JAFARI Iraq's Kurds are an active part of Iraqi society... and Arabs consider them as brothers. The identit...
AMR MUSSA I'm not sure whether they (the board) will come away and say that's who we want or they will say do ...
DON FURNER The Kurds have had very little say in the decisions made about them and they have been denied their ...
BAHAEDDIN ADAB They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think t...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The band will be going along, and somebody or another will say, 'I want to go off and do a solo ...
CHRIS SQUIRE Now, the time has come for the rest of the world to recognize that a federal, democratic Iraq that c...
JALAL TALABANI Each year we have students that come back because they say it is less expensive.
ALAN HARGRAVE They did say that the time might come where they needed me back in there,
DANTE ROSS I've never heard an agency say, 'Unless you industrialize I will not support you.'
YOWERI MUSEVENI Unless it can be credibly established that a mobilizing Federal resource ... is not needed at the ca...
MICHAEL CHERTOFF There's always the fear that when you come back you will not be the same and something might go miss...
ERNIE ELS
This trial can divide or heal. Unless it is seen as absolutely fair, and fair in fact, it will divid... RAMSEY CLARK
The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require ... CONDOLEEZZA RICE
Love is unknown. To open the heart in trust is unknown. They say love hurts. It doesn't have to. DON MIGUEL RUIZ If Boston Scientific is to come back, they will have to come back north of US$75 to keep this alive....
KEAY NAKAE
They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be... CONOR OBERST If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunn...
WAYNE WHITE In five years, federal officials say people will be more likely to be a victim of this crime than no...
CORT JENSEN I strongly believe that a federal structure based on administrative and geographic lines with strong...
AHMED CHALABI They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.
JOHN PAUL STEVENS
