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 will never forget the Iranian government and people's help to Iraq, and we hope our relations improve in all areas,
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Problems of lack of security, electricity and water persist and I hope they will be areas of priority for the new government, which we hope will be one of national unity.
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As soon as possible, of course, we hope that American troops can proudly return home.
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we hope the people will accept this constitution, but we don't deny there are some disputes.
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We hope that this constitution will be accepted by all Iraqis and that it will be for everybody. We are optimistic ...
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We hope that by the end of 2006, our security forces are up to the level of taking responsibility from many American troops, with complete agreement with Americans,
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For me, I hope to continue to the end, my struggle and life, to see a democratic, federative, united, prosperous Iraq, that Iraqi people will live in peace and prosperity, and Iraq will use its huge wealth for the benefit of the Iraqi people.
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The big majority of it has been agreed but three articles remain, ... Now we will give a chance to members of the national assembly to look at it and I hope within three days these problems will be solved.
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We still hope that by bilateral dialogue we see that we can solve this problem,
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I hope this is the beginning of a new kind of cooperation among all Iraqis,
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The constitution is left to our people to approve or reject it, ... I hope that our people will accept it despite some flaws.
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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,
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we will never surrender to the terrorists who despise democracy and distort religion. Never.
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We wish to strengthen our ties with Turkey on the basis of constructive and prudent dialogue and mutual respect.