Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

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

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.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

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