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...
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.
leave problems solve
It would be more appropriate if they would leave us alone. Let us solve our problems by ourselves.
affects almost concerned seems
Sometimes it seems it is even more important to them that we get a deal. They are concerned, and very active, ... If there's no success, it affects them as well. I think they are almost more concerned than we are.
affecting violence
Violence has its fingerprints on everything. It's affecting everything and every activity.
favor
When it's in your favor, you say 'voters.' When it's not in your favor you say 'eligible voters.'
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.
difficult discussing problem
The problem is that they started discussing the most difficult issue.
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.
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.
draft question satisfy
but the question is, would this draft satisfy the Sunni Arabs' demands.
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.
cannot easy matter settling
Settling these differences is not an easy matter and it cannot be done quickly.