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 stability of country would not be achieved without consensus among the major three components of the Iraqi people (Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds),
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I expected that one day when Iraq becomes a country where citizens are equal that a Kurd would be a president, and why not?
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Now we are living in a country with a very democratic climate.
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We have a country which we can say is unique in the Middle East.
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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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Your soldiers are in my country because of your commitment to democracy,
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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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Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.
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We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq. This will not benefit the relations between the two countries.
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As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.
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Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.
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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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In any place in the world, when the country is facing difficulties, beside the army, the people depended on the militias and the partisan groups.
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We will set no timetable for withdrawal, Mr. President. A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat the superpower of the world and the Iraqi people,