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 brutal regime of the dictator fell ... the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.
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I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?
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Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
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We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.
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under extremely difficult circumstances (Iraq) pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the promise of a democratic, federal and pluralistic state, where generations of oppressed Iraqis will regain their dignity, freedom and the right to join the civilized and progressive nations of the world.
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Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.
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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
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Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
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I believe ... that after the end of 2006 it will be possible for the British troops to begin a step-by-step withdrawal,
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For the Iraqi state, it is very difficult,
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I am very sorry that some colleagues, some lawyers -- because I too am a lawyer -- were killed,
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I am not against it, it is a question of humanitarian rights,
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I am optimistic that we will achieve solutions that will be agreed upon by all, ... We still have a week ahead, and when you multiply the number of hours in this week, you will see we have enough time.
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The Iraqi judiciary will sentence Saddam with what it sees suitable. There is no political order.