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Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Jalal Talabani

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Jalal Talabani
Age: 83 †
Born: 1933
Born: November 12
Died: 2017
Died: October 3
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
President Of Iraq
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Reality
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The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.
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Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.
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It was an agreement between Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran and not between Iraq and Iran.
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We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.
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Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.
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The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
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We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.
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Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.
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To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we have this we cannot change the regime.
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A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.
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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
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It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
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A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.
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We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle.
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We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq. This will not benefit the relations between the two countries.
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There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.
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I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution
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Talabani and Al-Maliki want to keep their seats for ever. Talabani forgets that the side which brought him to power was the United States and it brought him by rigging the elections.
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Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
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