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
areas cleansing continuous control democracy ethnic insist iraqi kurdish matter policy
First, we insist on democracy, they on dictatorship. Then there is the matter of the continuous ethnic cleansing policy in the Kurdish areas under the control of the Iraqi government.
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Currently the international and regional situation does not permit for the foundation of an independent Kurdish state in north of Iraq.
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We think that PKK committed a big mistake when they resumed the war against Turkish government.... We think that the time is for all people to choose political and peaceful methods of struggle. We don't think that what they are doing is in the interests of the Kurdish people either in Turkey or in Iraq.
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We've done our best to dispel Ankara's concerns over Kurdish independence movements.
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It is this regime that started a war of genocide against the Kurdish people, then started an unjust war against our dear neighbour Iran which has often helped the Iraqi people at times of hardship.
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The regional plots that pushed some Kurdish parties against other Kurdish parties are about to come to an end.
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What I stated was that the Kurdish people are ready to welcome American forces in order to protect the Kurdish people in the region.
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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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The United States of America is not the lawyer of the Kurdish people, it is a big state, with its own policy, and it has its own national interest.
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My reply was that the Kurdish people welcome the presence of American forces in Kurdistan in order to defend the freedom they enjoy and to prevent being attacked with weapons of mass destruction.
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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 don't think that Kurds will abandon their aim of establishing an independent Kurdish state.
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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,