Jalal Talabani Dish Quotations

It is this regime that started a war of genocide against the Kurdish people, then started an unjust war against our dear neighbour Iran which has often helped the Iraqi people at times of hardship.

It is a historic day. We have closed a sad chapter in the history of the Kurdish people.

First, we insist on democracy, they on dictatorship. Then there is the matter of the continuous ethnic cleansing policy in the Kurdish areas under the control of the Iraqi government.

What I stated was that the Kurdish people are ready to welcome American forces in order to protect the Kurdish people in the region.

I don't think that Kurds will abandon their aim of establishing an independent Kurdish state.

My reply was that the Kurdish people welcome the presence of American forces in Kurdistan in order to defend the freedom they enjoy and to prevent being attacked with weapons of mass destruction.

The United States of America is not the lawyer of the Kurdish people, it is a big state, with its own policy, and it has its own national interest.

The regional plots that pushed some Kurdish parties against other Kurdish parties are about to come to an end.

The Kurdish people want American presence, not only as deterrent against possible Iraqi attacks but also because there are terrorist organizations such as the Ansar Al-Islam and others, which constitute a danger to the Kurdish people.

The Kurdish Coalition will not take part in the coming government unless the Iraqi List takes part in it.

Currently the international and regional situation does not permit for the foundation of an independent Kurdish state in north of Iraq.

We've done our best to dispel Ankara's concerns over Kurdish independence movements.

We think that PKK committed a big mistake when they resumed the war against Turkish government.... We think that the time is for all people to choose political and peaceful methods of struggle. We don't think that what they are doing is in the interests of the Kurdish people either in Turkey or in Iraq.