Barham Salih Quotations

Please do not delay -- the time to make firm commitments is now. Honor your pledges now.

There are a number of elements involved with hostage-taking,

There can be no political stability until all the Iraqi constituencies are included. That's why we as the Kurdish alliance are working on a government that includes these four political blocs.

The state cannot become stable unless the Sunnis are involved.

Saddam Hussein has left us a wasteland, ... This country could have been the economic powerhouse of the Middle East.

a terrorist onslaught, a tough situation. In my assessment, it may get tougher but it gets better.

The number of issues that we have agreed to in such a short space of time is remarkable.

It's disappointing. I can't deny that. But I have to emphasize the significance of what we're doing. We are disagreeing. We are failing to reach compromises. But we are not killing each other.

I cannot say that any group will be entirely excited with this constitution.

All the elements of the deal are there, up in the air, and they could come down and click into place. We have come to the real crunch.