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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.
We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.
 Jalal Talabani

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Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.
 Jalal Talabani
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
 Jalal Talabani
I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve some progress forward for national reconciliation.
 Jalal Talabani
I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?
 Jalal Talabani
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.
 Jalal Talabani