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

We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.

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

Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

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

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.