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

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

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