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

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

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

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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

A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.

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