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.

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

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

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.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

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

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