There should have been a vote last night, and they should now finish it today. The key point is terms of federalism. They're trying to reach a compromise and it's very difficult -- the issues are controversial.
we know that Saddam and his followers are ready to do anything when it serves their interest and to block the work of the court.
The government exerts its best efforts to provide security for all people and all those involved in the trial, but we cannot provide total security because of the violence in the country.
The idea is to try to sell this draft to the Sunnis. That's what this is all about.
I'm sure once we have an elected assembly and a government for a four-year term, they'll be looking at all these issues.
We have a policy to go after Iraqi funds whether they were abused by members of the former government or spent by international bodies.
We can't force anyone to have protection without his consent.
We look to the boycott as a futile pressure on the court and the course of justice. We support the independence and transparency of the court totally.
The Iraqi government will do its best to arrest those people.
The Iraqi government is taking care of these families directly by supplying them with their needs. All the roads are open and the city is safe now as the Iraqi Red Crescent is working there.