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

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

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

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

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

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

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.