To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.
It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism.
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.
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.
We extend our deepest sympathies to the Kuwaiti people and hope it will now be possible to have a final accounting of their loved ones,
People will perceive him to be much more vulnerable now.
I respond by saying it's always more important to look to the future than to the past, ... The country is in a dire situation. We need to improve the quality of life of the Iraqi people and establish Iraq in the community of the nations.
My message to CPA is let my people go, ... Let my people be free. We are grateful to President Bush for liberating Iraq but it is time for Iraqi people to run their affairs.
We will have an assembly which is elected by the people and a government which is completely legitimate,
The elections went well because the Iraqi people have an overwhelming desire to vote. The unions of people are stronger than the handful of terrorists. And the terrorists threw everything they had into this fray, and they lost.