Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Ali Othmanwas a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party. He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly...
agreed forming meeting national parties president principle security yesterday
Yesterday (Sunday) the meeting of the president with the other parties agreed on the principle of forming a national security council.
further iraqi issues
I think that their interference is bad, and it further complicates issues because this is an Iraqi matter.
again calm few resume sit table talks
I think we will resume talks in a few days. We will also try to calm things down and get the (Arab) Sunnis again to sit at the table with everyone.
double
I think it's a double standard, and it's unfair.
blood decision foreign himself iraq last left minister official outside pool prime share situation visit wrong
He doesn't share his decision with others, like his last visit to Turkey, which was wrong because he didn't tell his deputy, the president, the minister of foreign affairs. It was a decision he made by himself without going back to the government. Iraq is in a pool of blood and the prime minister left to visit Turkey, while in such a situation there shouldn't be any official outside the country.
constitution seems
Really, we are disappointed with that. It seems like the Americans want to have a constitution at any cost,
anybody touch
I don't think anybody is in a hurry. They are completely out of touch with the voters.
choosing expect prime
I expect that there still will be difficulties over choosing the prime minister.
addressing cannot capable issues prime repeat successful year
He cannot make a successful prime minister. We experienced ... a year in which he was not capable of addressing the issues of Iraq. Why should we repeat this failure?
against change changed choice finally happy help political process
We have nothing against this choice and we are very happy that finally they have changed their candidate. This change will help the political process and very much help the formation of the new government.
promises
When he promises something, he'll get it done. If he can't do it, he won't promise it.
favor
When it's in your favor, you say 'voters.' When it's not in your favor you say 'eligible voters.'
almost august compromise constitution detailed full gave interested iraqi iraqis officials opinions people political promised version
The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep. They gave us a detailed proposal, almost a full version of a constitution. They try to compromise the different opinions of all the political blocs. The U.S. officials are more interested in the Iraqi constitution than the Iraqis themselves, because they promised their people that it will be done August 15.
The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep.