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

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

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.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

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

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.