26 Quotes by Saleh Mutlak

We are ... working for the liberation of our country. You won't find anyone in our group who rode into Iraq on an American tank or on a sectarian horse.

We will continue meetings until the last minute, despite their being only a few hours before the session.

We want to go for the elections but it will be rather difficult because it will be hard to convince people about the benefits from the political process,

The statistics that we have show that 95% of the Sunni Arabs said no. If 95% of a segment of the population can't stop the constitution, then who can?

This is going to weaken support for the government even more,

This constitution is full of mines that are going to explode. The articles stipulated in this constitution will have grave consequences if they are submitted to a referendum. This constitution will lead to a weak Iraq that is unable to defend itself.

This means the constitution will stay as it is for decades to come.

They postponed the date because they want to agree upon everything, so the whole constitution is delayed. Practically, it is probably not enough time, but we hope everybody works hard to achieve it.

It's against the rule of Islam, against the rule of religion, against the rule of any humanitarian attitude to spoil the festive day for the Iraqis in such a bloody action. This will make the situation worse. I call on the American people to urge their government to find a civilized attitude. I don't think this fits with the reputation that the Americans have.