Tariq Aziz Quotations

We are all in control. Each one of us is in complete control over our ministry or sector of responsibility.

We decided to launch a limited military operation in defense of our sovereignty, our people and their properties,

Let them tell us and the world that their concerns are genuine and that they are not using them as a pretext to attack Iraq -- if those concerns are genuine we can find a solution to that,

Many, many honest women and men in the world do not believe the lies which are being fabricated in Washington and London and this is a very important international development,

Since this is the wish of the American administration to perpetuate, to prolong the current situation to keep the sanctions ... you are serving the American policy,

Singling out the question of inspectors is wrong. There is the Iraqi issue, and in that issue, there are many items, there are many areas, and some of them are very, very important to the Iraqi people.

minor issues which make no sense from the angle of disarmament.

If they finish their work after 25 days, what are they going to do? They will leave, ... And if they want to come back, they are welcome.

I have had ... the impression that UNSCOM is back to its old games and tricks,

I did not hurt anybody and my page is clean. So I am not anxious about the trial.

I don't say Iraq didn't make mistakes against this or that, but everybody has committed mistakes, ... If we all apologized to each other for all the mistakes we have committed, then we will be ready ... because apologizing is not a shame between brothers.

If anybody can have a magic solution, so that all these issues are being dealt with together, equitably and reasonably, we are ready to find such a solution and we are ready to co-operate with the United Nations.

My message to the United States is that it should hear the voice of the international public opinion,

I would like to reconfirm what we have said before ... that U.S. and British efforts to impose a new unfair resolution will never succeed,

We provided logistical support ... So what we did was a responsible, positive, limited operation to help our people.

We don't express condolences to a government that is attacking Iraqi people on a daily basis,

We are not the kind that will surrender to them (coalition forces) just to live a wretched life for two or three years.

We don't have any relationship with the Taliban, ... We didn't recognize the Taliban.

We discussed our legitimate concerns in a friendly and open manner.

The decision of the secretary-general lacks legitimacy. ... It also lacks fairness,

What Mr. Cheney is saying is baseless, ... He hasn't provided any solid evidence to back his allegations.

Enough is enough. The sanctions have been imposed for reasons which don't exist any more and it's time to lift those sanctions,

These signs are the beginning of the collapse of the embargo, ... America might have its opinion, but it cannot impose its will on all.

President Mubarak assumes a role for himself which both Washington and London have not given to him, ... In reality there is no noble, fair and intelligent person in Egypt, in the Arab homeland or the whole world sharing Mr. Mubarak in his deduction.

The moment America and Britain launched missiles against Iraq they killed UNSCOM,

as far as our position is concerned, nothing has changed.

available as long as it is necessary for the Iraqi authorities to continue this dialogue.

The United States knows well that if wages an aggression on Iraq, then its interests in the Arab world will be threatened by the Arab people, not the regimes,

This can't be done by piecemeal arrangements or solutions. It has to be done within a comprehensive context that means a serious easing of sanctions or a complete lifting of sanctions,

They are asking Iraq to provide more cooperation, and, OK, let them say that, you see, we are doing that,

They are telling wrongly the American public opinion and the world that Iraq is reproducing weapons of mass destruction, ... That's not true.

either creating a superficial pretext to justify the American aggression or he is trying to confuse and undermine the comprehensive review.

no matter what the sacrifices and consequences are.

These people have witnessed the implementation of the so-called oil-for-food program, and they have also witnessed the obstacles that are being placed in New York by the United States and the British,

I have to condemn strongly the statement of President Clinton about his government's plans to overthrow the government of Iraq, ... This is a flagrant violation of U.N. resolutions and international law.

If there is a solution which maintains Iraq's sovereignty, dignity and legitimate rights and prevents aggression, we are ready,

Iraq will continue to explain its just case, ... and this resolution will not scare it.

Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction,

An attack on Iraq will not be an American picnic. Instead, it will be a fierce fight where Americans will suffer losses that have not been seen for decades.

agreed on a new practical approach within the context of disarmament, and we hope we put it in the right course and finish it very soon.

America ... wants to control the oil in Iraq,