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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Iraq is not hesitant to openly and frankly say we are in desperate need of... your support for its efforts to fight terrorism.
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Iraq is a sovereign independent nation that won?t let other nations interfere in its internal affairs.
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Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,
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His excellency is a man of democracy. He is insisting on democracy. And he repeated many times the need for democracy.
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But I think that once the results are announced then it should be accepted by everyone, even if unwillingly.
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But I am feeling as Iraqi, and my duty is to work as an Iraqi for all Iraqis regardless of their nationalities.
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Slaying terrorism, and the extremist nationalism and perversion of religion that breeds it, will require our greatest effort, both as Iraqis and as new members of the alliance of democracies.
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The Kurdish people want American presence, not only as deterrent against possible Iraqi attacks but also because there are terrorist organizations such as the Ansar Al-Islam and others, which constitute a danger to the Kurdish people.
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The Kurdish Coalition will not take part in the coming government unless the Iraqi List takes part in it.
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I recently met with an investigative judge responsible for interrogating (Saddam) and he brought me some good news. He said he'd been able to get him to make and sign important confessions,
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I pledge we will not waver, and I appreciate your same pledge, ... Iraq will take its place among the world's democracies.
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I met the investigator who questioned Saddam, ... He said he had extracted important confessions from Saddam Hussein and he signed them.
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If there are judges here who will feel in danger in future, we are ready to take them to Kurdistan and they would be safe there and guarded very well.
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Once his (Saddam's) interrogation is over, he will go before a tribunal, ... I will not sign it,