Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebariis the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Iraq. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 until 2014. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan. He was the foreign spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the 1990s and represented the party to both the United Kingdom and the United States...
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I think this project of democracy-building in Iraq has alarmed many authoritarian autocratic regimes in the region, ... Many of them are counting on our failure, and they have not been helpful.
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Really there hasn't been any differences of opinion between the Iraqi government and U.S. Embassy at all,
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Regrettably, the bulk of foreign fighters and terrorists are infiltrating from Syria, and the Syrian government has not demonstrated any serious cooperation to help us stop their transit,
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will help the reconciliation efforts and the healing process.
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We have warned our neighbors - our Arab brothers, our Islamic brothers - that the new Iraq is going to be a different one, ... It's always been taken by those who oppose change in Iraq that Iraq has been hijacked - by the Americans, by the Israelis, by the Kurds, by the Shiites - to strip it from its Arab womb. ... If you care so much, why don't you have embassies? Why don't you send ambassadors?
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We do not have any preconceptions that could be seen as attempts to deprive some Russian company of the possibility of exploiting oilfields in Iraq,
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The problem was to get judges who were not afraid to prosecute Saddam despite intimidation and threats.
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The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process,
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The people in the southern provinces have no interest whatsoever to see British forces leave because they're providing security, stability, structure, and relations have always been good ... really between the British forces and the local Iraqis in this area,
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We as Iraqis have suffered enormously as a result of al-Qaeda and its leader.
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These are new ideas, ... That's why they are not comfortable.
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All indications we are getting, even from those provinces where the vote may swing, are encouraging and positive as for a yes vote for this constitution,
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All indications we are getting ... are encouraging and positive for a 'Yes' vote for this constitution. This would be really a major achievement, ... So my guess is, yes, it will be passed.