Ahmed Chalabi
Ahmed Chalabi
Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabiwas an Iraqi politician, a founder of the Iraqi National Congress...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth30 October 1944
CountryIraq
america treats
When America treats its friends this way, then they are in big trouble.
arabs backs cannot deceptive depriving explain iraqis justify might privileges reaction saddam similar street turn
You may say that the Iraqis are overcompensating for Saddam's deceptive pro-Arab slogans. This does not justify what is happening, but might explain it. Saddam used to give the Arabs privileges in Iraq while depriving the Iraqis of similar privileges. There is a reaction in the street and it should be contained. We cannot turn our backs on our Arab milieu.
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I respond by saying it's always more important to look to the future than to the past, ... The country is in a dire situation. We need to improve the quality of life of the Iraqi people and establish Iraq in the community of the nations.
constitution cooperation drafting forward
We look forward for cooperation with the U.N. in establishing and drafting a constitution,
came patriotism piece stayed
Patriotism is not a piece of paper. Had we wanted to live in other countries, we would have stayed there. But we came to Iraq.
based falsehood response sentence
My response to this is that this sentence is unjust, and it's ill-founded and based on falsehood,
bush grateful iraq iraqi liberating message people president run time
My message to CPA is let my people go, ... Let my people be free. We are grateful to President Bush for liberating Iraq but it is time for Iraqi people to run their affairs.
action allow harm iraq soil target
Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.
agencies develop human inside intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals plan sources states united
The intelligence agencies of the United States say they have a five-year plan - that we must develop new sources of human intelligence and infrastructure inside Iraq, before we can do anything about the regime. That's a long process. Essentially, they say, don't do anything now.
ice means visit wall
If I visit Washington, it means there is no ice wall between us,
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The elections went well because the Iraqi people have an overwhelming desire to vote. The unions of people are stronger than the handful of terrorists. And the terrorists threw everything they had into this fray, and they lost.
surprised
I do not know but I would be surprised if it did.