Saleh Mutlak
Saleh Mutlak
continue despite few hours last meetings until
We will continue meetings until the last minute, despite their being only a few hours before the session.
arabs population segment statistics stop
The statistics that we have show that 95% of the Sunni Arabs said no. If 95% of a segment of the population can't stop the constitution, then who can?
among bit coalition desire heard ruling
I have heard there is a desire among the ruling coalition to be a bit more flexible,
benefits convince difficult elections hard people political rather
We want to go for the elections but it will be rather difficult because it will be hard to convince people about the benefits from the political process,
anyone group iraq liberation rode tank
We are ... working for the liberation of our country. You won't find anyone in our group who rode into Iraq on an American tank or on a sectarian horse.
innocent iraqi service
They are innocent and have been working in the service of the Iraqi people.
secular
They wanted to go in a more secular way, and I didn't. So there will be a split.
against attitude bloody call civilized festive fits government iraqis people reputation rule situation spoil urge
It's against the rule of Islam, against the rule of religion, against the rule of any humanitarian attitude to spoil the festive day for the Iraqis in such a bloody action. This will make the situation worse. I call on the American people to urge their government to find a civilized attitude. I don't think this fits with the reputation that the Americans have.
country neutral rule
We want someone that will rule the country in a neutral way, not in a sectarian way.
constitution fair happens hope reach responsibility
We still have some hope that we could reach something. If we reach it, fair enough. If we don't, then they have to take responsibility for what happens if this constitution is passed.
hope reach
We still have some hope that we could reach something,
constitution decades means stay
This means the constitution will stay as it is for decades to come.
achieve agree constitution date everybody hard hope postponed works
They postponed the date because they want to agree upon everything, so the whole constitution is delayed. Practically, it is probably not enough time, but we hope everybody works hard to achieve it.
government support
This is going to weaken support for the government even more,