Adam Ereli Iraq Quotations

We, from the very beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, did everything we could to secure arms caches throughout the country,

As far as the situation in Iraq goes, I think the international community shares a common interest in helping Iraq to develop a stable and successful democracy. ... Russia has been supportive of this. And that's the approach we take with regard to all of our partners in supporting Iraq.

The United States has urged the government of Iraq to investigate and take action against any of its personnel who've been involved in torture and abuse.

He is a member of the government of Iraq and an official of the government of Iraq, and there are things that are important for us to talk about with him.

What we're seeing here is an attempt to subvert justice, an attempt to subvert the rule of law by those that are bent on attacking honorable citizens of Iraq who are trying to see that justice is done, whether it be on the prosecution side or on the defense side.

The signs are positive, are good, that there will be broad participation, that the results will reflect the views and the will of the Iraqi people, and that there will be a firm basis for moving forward on the next step, which is an election, another nationwide election on 15 December. And the infrastructure of democracy is growing, is strong.

We will work with the government of Iraq and security officials of Iraq to bring those responsible to justice.

The problem has clearly not been solved and the problem is widespread. We and the Iraqi government continue to have concern about the way prisoners are treated in Iraqi facilities and in facilities nominally under the control of the Iraqi government.

And the United States, for its part, is going to do everything it can to ensure that the rights of Iraqi citizens are respected.

I think that our view is that we and Turkey share the same goals with respect to Syria, and that is that it end its objectionable behavior, whether that be in terms of supporting the insurgency in Iraq or interfering in Lebanon .

Steve was a brave public servant, a brave American, dedicated to his country and to helping the people of Iraq and the people of America.

We have every reason to believe they (the Iraqis) can and will ... Under the present circumstances, with what we have now, we believe that what steps the Iraqi government have taken are effective and sufficient.

She asked them to look into this question about documents to the Iraqis and conduct a serious investigation. She said it was important.

So looking ahead to the referendum, I think the signs are good that there will be broad participation, that the results will reflect the views and the will of the Iraqi people.