We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we have this we cannot change the regime.