Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawiis an Iraqi politician who was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005. He served as Vice President of Iraq from 2014 to 2015...
behind gangs hide trying
I think these are bandits and gangs trying to hide behind Muqtada al-Sadr,
act authority chase concerned cowardly dear interior ministry ordered party protection responsibility subversive
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,
alliance chapter definitely forge open past positive start
What I said, really, was 'history is history, past is past' and we need to start afresh and open a new chapter and look to the future, ... We definitely want to forge a positive alliance with Europe.
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came in the right moment because he ultimately succeeded in putting the final pressure on Muqtada al-Sadr and the militias to do whatever was necessary to implement the conditions of the government.
corruption flying handed ministry money name prime ran
Before me, there was another prime minister. His name was Bremer. He ran this country, he had this ministry and a lot of the corruption started then. ... There was no auditing. Airplanes were flying in and the money was handed out in suitcases.
achieve careful choice heavy hope innocent loss military secure
I hope we can achieve this, but if we cannot, I have no choice but to secure a military solution. I will do so with a heavy heart, for even with the most careful plan, there will be some loss of innocent lives.
ahead families knew swimming year
Ahmed was a year ahead of me, and we used to go swimming together. Adil and I were friends; our families knew each other.
accepts government iraqi met welcome
The Iraqi government accepts this attitude. We met with them, and we welcome their initiative,
announce dollars few funds further grants including iraq meeting million send signed steps students studies support
I am meeting my students of Iraq to announce to them a few important steps that we have taken, including allocation of funds to send students to do further studies and scholarships abroad, ... I just signed 100 million dollars ... to support the grants and scholarships.