Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabaniis an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage. He is known as "Mam Jalal" meaning "uncle Jalal" among Kurdish people...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1933
CountryIraq
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The parliament session has been delayed as the leaders are still in the meeting,
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We will make any reasonable concession and use very waking hour to bring all, particularly the Sunni Arabs, into the fold.
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We will in the future, we will search and we will find some kind of chemical weapons and biological weapons,
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We on our part have reaffirmed our commitment to the unity, independence, sovereignty and security of Iraq.
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The only book that cannot be changed is the Koran.
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We still hope that by bilateral dialogue we see that we can solve this problem,
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If those who call themselves the Iraqi resistance desired to contact me, I would welcome them. I would not refuse to meet any Iraqi who wants to meet me. But of course that does not mean I will accept what he says.
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If those who call themselves Iraqi resistance want to make contact with me, I will welcome them. I want to listen to all Iraqis.
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He was always planning to have different places to hide himself from, from the people. Iraq is a wide country. You have many places that some person can hide themselves for awhile. But I don't think he will be able to hide himself forever.
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He -- with two vice presidents and with the prime minister and his deputies and with the speaker of the house -- they are forming a collective leadership,
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The presidency and the cabinet must both take part in running the state, like foreign policy and the finance, defense, interior and oil ministries.
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We are in desperate need of your experience, investment and your moral support for the effort to fight terrorism.
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We are not living in a country where a party with a two-vote majority in Parliament can rule - this is not Iraq. If the Shiites and Kurds will cooperate, there will be a majority, but this is not right, and not the correct way to rule the country.
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We want that American forces will be special guidance, not to engage in daily work or operations ... We want Americans to be far from the daily sacrificing. It's our duty to sacrifice for our people and for our country.