The episode is a painful reminder that reforms are needed everywhere in this part of the world.

Come on, this is a success. We're not killing each other.

I recognize there is discontent - for political reform, for the need for fighting corruption, for improving services. But that can not justify this violence of a few.

It obviously is not good to have a vacuum. That is undeniable. We need to make a change and bring about a government.

Sunnis have concerns about a few issues, one of which is the modality of federalism. They have dropped their opposition to the principle of federalism,

Almost everyone has asked him to get involved. He has credibility.

The stakes are very high, ... We're telling our American friends: 'We can do it together. We can do Baghdad together. We can do Iraq together. We, the Iraqi people together with the American liberators and the British liberators, we can achieve the task of getting rid of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies.'

We are obviously seeing a major onslaught by the terrorists on Baghdad and some other Iraqi cities.

We should have had the support of the Arab world in a more active manner - but as they say, better late than never.

Regrettably we were not able to reach a draft we could all agree on.