We in the Iraqi opposition have a common stand that the opposition forces, assisted by regional and international states including the United States, must undertake comprehensive democratic changes.

What happened during dictatorship must not happen again, and we should do whatever it takes to prevent any of the crimes that happened before from happening again.

The Sunni Arab brothers should understand that their aspirations will be achieved through political action and not violence and terrorist acts,

We are trying to build – as soon as possible – our military forces.

The best way is to leave this post and to permit a kind of democratization in Iraq and to give the mass destruction arms to the United Nations and then there will be a peaceful...

My not signing does not mean that I will block the decision of the court,

[Since then, Iraq has] risen out of the ashes of dictatorship, … Iraq is now free.

But I think that once the results are announced then it should be accepted by everyone, even if unwillingly.