There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.

It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.

There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.