Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Ali Othmanwas a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party. He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly...
leave problems solve
It would be more appropriate if they would leave us alone. Let us solve our problems by ourselves.
affects almost concerned seems
Sometimes it seems it is even more important to them that we get a deal. They are concerned, and very active, ... If there's no success, it affects them as well. I think they are almost more concerned than we are.
affecting violence
Violence has its fingerprints on everything. It's affecting everything and every activity.
hard work
Americans are working very hard to work out something.
afraid change constitution furious maybe vote
They made this change because they were afraid the constitution would be rejected. But now it may be counterproductive: they made the Sunnis so furious that maybe more of them will vote no.
demanding government great parliament soon wants
The U.S. wants a government more than we do. They are demanding with great insistence that the parliament be convened as soon as possible.
means side silent weak
Someone should have said something. The other side is talking, and the American side is silent. To be silent here means you are on the weak side.
lose
Any day that passes, we lose a day of work.
decision divided quick reach reason
They are divided and that is the reason why they are not able to reach a quick decision on the candidate.
agreed forming meeting national parties president principle security yesterday
Yesterday (Sunday) the meeting of the president with the other parties agreed on the principle of forming a national security council.
against change changed choice finally happy help political process
We have nothing against this choice and we are very happy that finally they have changed their candidate. This change will help the political process and very much help the formation of the new government.
difficult discussing problem
The problem is that they started discussing the most difficult issue.
achieved saw
By what I saw today, I don't think this can be achieved tomorrow.
goodwill
If there is goodwill from everybody, there could be more concessions,