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(8 votes)   I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

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(8 votes)   Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

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(8 votes)   Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

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(8 votes)   The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

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(8 votes)   The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

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(7 votes)   A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

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(7 votes)   Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

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(7 votes)   Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

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(7 votes)   Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

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(7 votes)   Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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(7 votes)   Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

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(7 votes)   My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

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(7 votes)   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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(7 votes)   Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

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(7 votes)   We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.

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