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...
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.
consulting decision last turkey visit
The visit to Turkey showed that he makes decision without consulting anybody, like during the last Cabinet. That has ignited a new dissatisfaction.
changes hard intense talks trying
There are intense talks going on. They are trying very hard to see if they can make last-minute changes for the Sunni Arabs.
anybody touch
I don't think anybody is in a hurry. They are completely out of touch with the voters.
affecting violence
Violence has its fingerprints on everything. It's affecting everything and every activity.
possible seen
If we'd had more time, it would have been possible to get Sunni participation. When Oct. 15 comes, many won't even have seen the constitution.
draft question satisfy
but the question is, would this draft satisfy the Sunni Arabs' demands.
cannot easy matter settling
Settling these differences is not an easy matter and it cannot be done quickly.
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.
constitution seems
Really, we are disappointed with that. It seems like the Americans want to have a constitution at any cost,
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.
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.
further iraqi issues
I think that their interference is bad, and it further complicates issues because this is an Iraqi matter.