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

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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

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

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

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