Tariq Aziz
Tariq Aziz
Tariq Azizwas an Iraqi Foreign Ministerand Deputy Prime Ministerand a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Although he was an Arab nationalist he was in fact an ethnic Assyran, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 April 1936
CityTel Keppe, Iraq
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The United States knows well that if wages an aggression on Iraq, then its interests in the Arab world will be threatened by the Arab people, not the regimes,
far position
as far as our position is concerned, nothing has changed.
angle issues minor
minor issues which make no sense from the angle of disarmament.
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agreed on a new practical approach within the context of disarmament, and we hope we put it in the right course and finish it very soon.
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Enough is enough. The sanctions have been imposed for reasons which don't exist any more and it's time to lift those sanctions,
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What Mr. Cheney is saying is baseless, ... He hasn't provided any solid evidence to back his allegations.
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We provided logistical support ... So what we did was a responsible, positive, limited operation to help our people.
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We don't express condolences to a government that is attacking Iraqi people on a daily basis,
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We are all in control. Each one of us is in complete control over our ministry or sector of responsibility.
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We discussed our legitimate concerns in a friendly and open manner.
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We are not the kind that will surrender to them (coalition forces) just to live a wretched life for two or three years.
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We don't have any relationship with the Taliban, ... We didn't recognize the Taliban.
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We decided to launch a limited military operation in defense of our sovereignty, our people and their properties,
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The decision of the secretary-general lacks legitimacy. ... It also lacks fairness,