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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We should respect the demands of the Sunnis because the constitution is not to serve only a certain category of people but for the whole of Iraq,
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We should not be hasty regarding the issues and the constitution should not be born crippled, ... We are keen to have an early constitution, but the constitution should be completed in all of its items in a proper manner that appeals to all components of the Iraqi people so that the whole people interact with the whole constitution.
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It is a historic day. We have closed a sad chapter in the history of the Kurdish people.
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I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes,
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I think the Iraqi minister of human rights wanted to show them which kind of democracy now we have,
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I think the Iraqi Liberation Act, is useful, very important, it's for the first time assuring Iraqi people that America wants to end dictatorship and replace it with a democratic system.
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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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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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Our Sunni Arabs brothers made a big mistake when they boycotted the elections. But they are an important group and we cannot ignore them and therefore they must take part in the democratic process.
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According to our knowledge and information all over Iraq, especially in those places who are in direct contact with American soldiers dealing with the people, they are very friendly,
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A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat a superpower of the world and Iraqi people, ... We don't want to do anything without the agreement with the Americans because we don't want to give any signal to the terrorists that our will to defeat them is weakened.
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Your sons and daughters freed us from that nightmare.