Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

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

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

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

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.

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.