I think what will happen is that the draft will be presented this evening to the speaker of parliament.

No call for boycott has worked, … The most important thing is for Iraqis to take part by voting ‘yes’ or ‘no.’

We are sorry to say that until now, a high number of the figures of the regime and those who supervise terrorist groups are based in Jordan,

If the text is not handed to the national assembly by the deadline… one choice is to ask for another one-week extension.

It is the duty of the government to provide security for the judicial system while at the same time respecting its independence,

The bombs exploded in a Shiite dominated area of Baghdad, and the message that they (rebels) wanted to send was that the government is incapable of protecting you (Shiites) from them,

We want this trial to be transparent and a national event.

This is the same type of doll as that handed out on several occasions by US soldiers to children.

We are faced with a reality in Iraq where people are murdering, and what we want is a sentence which punishes the hand that kills and the person who commits this crime.

The total from the operations is 90 killed while the number of arrests has reached 178,

The text will be presented to parliament today.

This cowardly act … attempts to divert attention from bringing justice to those who violated the law and disrespected human lives.

We strongly condemn these attacks and offer our condolences to the families of the victims.

This is the highest punishment against people who were killers and were executed despite protests from the international community, … It will help deter criminals from committing crimes.

Defense lawyers have said they will boycott the next court hearing scheduled for November 28. The High Tribunal is the only one able to rule on this, and is free to appoint other lawyers or...

The government strongly condemns this assassination and believes that the only people who benefit from this are those who want to block the course of justice and move the trial out of Iraq .

Everybody knows you can’t please all players … At the end of the day, this is the best the government can come up with, and we hope this vote will close the debate.

We should hear any minute it’s submitted to the assembly,

The capital punishment was carried out this morning at 10:30 am (16:30 AEST) on three convicts,

One aim of the bombers is to put fear in the hearts of Iraqi people and the other intention is to trigger a government collapse.

The number of foreigners detained and accused of being, closely or distantly, linked to terrorist activities is 281.

Such a criminal act will definitely arouse passion among Shiites — they (insurgents) want the Shiites to attack the Sunnis and that will serve the insurgents’ purpose. They want to trigger sectarian crisis.