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

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

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

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

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

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

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.