Iraqi - Statesman | October 30, 1944 - November 3, 2015
The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations. The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place.
Ahmed Chalabi
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It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism.
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The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.
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The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve.
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I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.
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I don't think that they have many of the scientists who were involved in the weapons program to talk to at this time, and there were thousands of people, engineers and scientists, they know where the weapons are.
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I strongly believe that a federal structure based on administrative and geographic lines with strong powers for the federated states will be the best solution for Iraq.
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And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.
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Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
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The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
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It's customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
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Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.
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