Jalal Talabani
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
army iraqi welcomed
The American army will be very warmly welcomed in Iraqi Kurdistan.
capable historic iraqi pay people tribute
On this historic day I would like to pay tribute to the Iraqi people because of this historic accomplishment, ... I think they are capable of this mission.
commitment country soldiers
Your soldiers are in my country because of your commitment to democracy,
ambition build constitution draft iraqi others represents united vote wish
I wish that all Iraqi Arabs, Kurds and others vote 'Yes' to the draft constitution which represents their ambition to build a democratic, federal, united and independent state,
armed explained included iraqi officials states thousands united united-states
I explained to the United States officials here that the Iraqi opposition, Kurds included ... have tens of thousands of armed people,
call contact iraqi listen resistance themselves welcome
If those who call themselves Iraqi resistance want to make contact with me, I will welcome them. I want to listen to all Iraqis.
call honor immediate sacrifices states united
For those who call for an immediate pull-out of American troops, we say that we honor the sacrifices the United States has made,
efforts historic issue needs reach
Efforts have been made to reach agreements, but this is a historic issue that needs more study, ... We need more time.
concept confirmed federalism time
This is the first time that Ankara has confirmed the concept of federalism publicly.
arab follows iraq society
Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,
america democratic iraqi liberation people replace time wants
I think the Iraqi Liberation Act, is useful, very important, it's for the first time assuring Iraqi people that America wants to end dictatorship and replace it with a democratic system.
constitution
you will see in the constitution that it is not a problem.
agreement defeat encourage help iraqi signal superpower terrorists timetable
A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat a superpower of the world and Iraqi people, ... We don't want to do anything without the agreement with the Americans because we don't want to give any signal to the terrorists that our will to defeat them is weakened.
arab elected freely president time
This is the first time a Kurd has been freely elected to be the president of an Arab country.