Jalal Talabani
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Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabaniis an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage. He is known as "Mam Jalal" meaning "uncle Jalal" among Kurdish people...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1933
CountryIraq
elections held iraq iraqis million
First of all, elections were held in Iraq and 8.5 million Iraqis participated in them.
agreed arab constitution represent
I think most of the Arab Sunnis have agreed to this constitution. And those who do not agree with it do not represent the Arab Sunnis,
annoyed believe delinquent public reaction support
I believe that the reaction should be one of public support and public welcome. Even the inhabitants complained and are annoyed by the delinquent operations.
british pull troops
I did not say that the British troops will pull out because I am not the commander-in-chief of the British military,
diverse requires sake terror war
The war on terror requires diverse international help, not only for the sake of Iraq, but also for the sake of the whole world,
duty people sacrifice
It's our duty to sacrifice for our people and for our country,
coalition coming government iraqi kurdish list takes unless
The Kurdish Coalition will not take part in the coming government unless the Iraqi List takes part in it.
committing crimes difficult islam people regular respecting rules
It's not regular war. This is a very difficult kind of war. ... These people who are committing these crimes are not respecting any kind of rules of war, of Islam or of humanity.
according contact dealing direct information knowledge places soldiers
According to our knowledge and information all over Iraq, especially in those places who are in direct contact with American soldiers dealing with the people, they are very friendly,
sign
Once his (Saddam's) interrogation is over, he will go before a tribunal, ... I will not sign it,
finish god gone job meetings today willing
The meetings are still going on and we have gone forward, ... There is a meeting today and another meeting tomorrow, and God willing we will finish the job tomorrow.
commitment security
We on our part have reaffirmed our commitment to the unity, independence, sovereignty and security of Iraq.
democracy despise distort surrender terrorists
we will never surrender to the terrorists who despise democracy and distort religion. Never.
crimes happened happening prevent takes whatever
What happened during dictatorship must not happen again, and we should do whatever it takes to prevent any of the crimes that happened before from happening again.