We should respect the demands of the Sunnis because the constitution is not to serve only a certain category of people but for the whole of Iraq,

What I stated was that the Kurdish people are ready to welcome American forces in order to protect the Kurdish people in the region.

We still hope that by bilateral dialogue we see that we can solve this problem,

The only book that cannot be changed is the Koran.

We are not living in a country where a party with a two-vote majority in Parliament can rule - this is not Iraq. If the Shiites and Kurds will cooperate, there will be a majority, but this is not right, and not the correct way to rule the country.

Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,

We are in desperate need of your experience, investment and your moral support for the effort to fight terrorism.

Iraq is a sovereign independent nation that won?t let other nations interfere in its internal affairs.

The presidency and the cabinet must both take part in running the state, like foreign policy and the finance, defense, interior and oil ministries.

Iraq is not hesitant to openly and frankly say we are in desperate need of... your support for its efforts to fight terrorism.