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I say this . Yeah ,

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it's

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okay afternoon

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as Salaam Alaikum , it's my privilege

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to be here with you today on behalf of

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the men and women of the multinational

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force , Iraq . And it's also my

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privilege to be here with my good

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friend Dr Ali al Dabbagh uh represent

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the government of Iraq as we conduct

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this combined press conference . Before

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we begin , I need to say a few words

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about some breaking media reports . I

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understand you're all interested as we

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are and are missing american soldiers .

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I hope that you can all understand that

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our first obligation is to those

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soldiers and their families . Here's

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what I can tell you right now . Iraqi

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police did find the body of a man who

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name believe maybe one of our missing

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soldiers , we have received the body

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and we will work diligently to

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determine if he is in fact one of our

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missing soldiers . We have not made any

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identification yet

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if appropriate . We will first

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notified the families of the results of

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that identification process . We're

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making every effort we can to ensure

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that the families of our soldiers are

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the first to receive accurate

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information . We all would expect , I

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believe nothing less . Our thoughts and

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prayers are with them when we have news

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that we can share and after we have

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shared it with these families and we'll

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share it with your audiences to our

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broader mission here in Iraq . Our

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commitment to help Iraq's government

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secure progress and provide hope for

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its people is strong and clear , but

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the future is in the hands of the Iraqi

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people , they are ultimately

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responsible for their own security ,

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their own governance and their own

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prosperity . But together we are hard

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at work and improving the lives of the

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people of Iraq , especially here in the

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capital Operation Fardh . Al Qanoon

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continues in september , Ambassador

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Crocker and General Petraeus will be

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able to provide the american people an

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assessment of our strategy to help

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build a new Iraq as we all know ,

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it's gonna get harder before it gets

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easier . This is to be expected ,

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we face an honest challenges . Iraq is

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trying to build a professional security

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force that is loyal to all of the Iraqi

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people . They are trying to establish a

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judicial system based upon care

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treatment under the law . They are

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trying to show everyone that true

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security rising compromise through

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civil governance , not two thugs or

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militias or outlaws . And they are

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trying to accomplish all of this .

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While under assault from terrorist

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extremist and outlaws ,

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Iraqi security force and its coalition

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partners are taken on these outlaws .

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We're helping Iraqis fight Al Qaeda

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which is trying to plant it's poisonous

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ideology and Iraq through horrific

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terror tactics and mass murders . This

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past week long from May 16 to the 22nd ,

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we conducted 45 focused operations

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against al Qaeda . These raids resulted

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in the killing of 19 al Qaeda

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terrorists and the detention of 88 more

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suspected terrorists in these past

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three days . During two of these raids ,

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we found al Qaeda hideouts northeast of

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Karma . These locations were being used

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as havens for foreign terrorists coming

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into this country to kill innocent

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Iraqi women , Children and men . These

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locations also turned out to contain

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torture chambers . Al Qaeda is using

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these houses the whole kidnap victims

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and torture them to try and intimidate

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people and to cooperate with them and

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to submit to their desires . We freed

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17 kidnap victims from these two

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locations . Some of them had been

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severely beaten With chains , cables

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and hoses . One of these victims was a

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13 year old boy who had been

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grotesquely tortured . In addition to

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being beaten with whips and hoses , he

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had had electrical wires connected to

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his tongue where he had been subjected

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to repeated shocks . His brother and

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other family members were also

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kidnapped . The victims said their

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abductors had told them they were al

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Qaeda affiliated and spoke in a variety

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of foreign accents . We're also taking

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the fight to these bad guys . We are

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confronting terrorists , extremists and

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outlaw militias . Everyone who is

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offering outside of the law and

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attempting to undermine the legitimate

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government here , no matter what their

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affiliations are . This is resulting in

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more confrontation with outlaws .

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Overall , we have not seen an increase

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in violence guests . An increase in

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fights with terrorists and extremists

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of all affiliations . As I said , this

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is is to be expected , we now have more

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troops conducting more operations

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involving more troops resulted in more

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confrontations . We are here to help

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protect the people of Iraq at the

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invitation of a representative

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Government of Iraq . And under a

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mandate from the United Nations , those

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who attack Iraqis and our soldiers will

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be hunted down until they're captured ,

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where they were killed . As I said , we

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are here to help secure progress and

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provide hope for the Iraqi people .

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This mission is vital for the security

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in this region and most of all is vital

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for the people who live here together .

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We still have much to do , but I'm

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encouraged that we have brave and

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strong partners and here with me today

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is one of those people uh dr ali al

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Dabbagh . What that's all turned over

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to you

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uh the studio , our last conference

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with general cattle uh who has done a

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great effort to reach the message and

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the news to the media and thus to

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the population all all around the world

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in a very professional way . Thank you .

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General capital and uh we wish you a

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very successful future and happy future

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in your uh

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remember now , the first anniversary of

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achieving establishing the Iraqi

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government uh that is standing

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against all the violence targeting the

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Iraqi civilians uh

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government . With the efforts of

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everyone have prevented the the

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situation heading to sectarian violence

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uh thing that the enemies of Iraq

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wanted wanted and challenges are still

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ahead . And but the effort to face this

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challenge is still on . There is a

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political effort now between the

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political size and the political

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council which will continue its

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meetings uh tomorrow headed by the

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Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to

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continue the political effort . Uh

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and also my political representatives

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in the parliament in facing the first .

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Thank you . Do you have any questions ?

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I

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uh

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I have questions

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to dr ali baba and General Kabul . I

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have two questions for dr ali al

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Dabbagh . The first question is on the

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28 will need an american and Iranian

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meeting in Baghdad , will

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that deal about the security situation

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or will there be any uh issues or

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things to tackle the second question ?

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The Iraqi government has announced that

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it's ready . It has it's

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ready to

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it that is

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ready to withdraw of the american

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troops believe as the american troops

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to patrol . And the question to Gerald

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cal will you talked that you said that

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you have found many havens of the Al

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Qaeda . Have you , could you tell us

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about the locations of locations that

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you found

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uh concerning

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the scheduled meeting between the

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Ambassadors of the United States and

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the Ambassador of the Iranian , the

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Iranian investor in Baghdad . The major

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things , but the only thing that will

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be tackled is the Iraqi file

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with not discussing any other files

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between both countries . They will

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talk about common things .

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Uh especially

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the there are agreements and

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disagreements about the Iraqi issues .

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This all will be talked about during

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the meeting . And uh so that the two

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countries will avoid any kind of

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confrontation , uh the Iraqi soil and

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uh and all these efforts will be ready

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and Iraqi government will be part of

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this uh meeting and with this dialogue

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and we believe that this will be will

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be such a great will have such a great

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benefit for both the United States and

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Iran . Uh the readiness of the Iraqi

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government and our question about

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withdrawing the U . S . Troops . And I

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think the question should be delivered

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to the american side . We're working

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side to side hand in hand with the

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multinational forces to supply and

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train the Iraqi forces so that they can

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handle the security at the end because

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ultimately the they will be uh

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responsible about the security

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situation . And after these uh

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forces have been trained , they will be

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ready to face the terrorist attacks and

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al Qaeda their face in Iraq . That

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because al Qaeda is now targeting not

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only Iraq , that the whole region and

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the whole world uh and the

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international community is also uh

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should commit to back Iraq in fighting

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terrorism . So there is a great effort

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to to receive the security ,

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the security from the american forces

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through through schedules . We believe

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that Kurdistan provinces are ready to

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receive the security from the american

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forces and after that , but I think

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something will happen in basra

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according to a schedule uh

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And so on to other and to the other

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provinces with these locations where

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northeast of Karma , uh , there has

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been a series of focused operations .

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We've been going out there in the last

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couple of days , uh , specifically

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yesterday and the day before is when we

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found these two hideouts uh on the

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21st . When we found the first hideout

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is we went in there . It was very

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evident that this was a facility that

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was being used by foreign terrorist

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also . And and there is where we found

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the first five kidnapped victims who

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had been tortured , uh four men . And

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then the young 13 year old boy , a

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brother was in there of the 13 year old

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boy . He had been kidnapped at a later

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date than the boy had been . And then

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the next day we conducted uh again ,

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amongst many operations that were

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conducted up in that vicinity , uh ,

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went into another hideout . And uh ,

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that's what we found the other 12

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kidnap victims . They however , had

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been kidnapped much more recently , all

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within the last seven days . Whereas of

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the first five that we found the day

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before . They have been kidnapped

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anywhere from the early part of May up

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till about seven days ago . And then

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held policy for very experienced

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between 12 or three weeks .

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Uh

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uh , this is where a doctor

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debug ned parker from the L . A . Times .

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Um , just wondering with the talks on

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the 28th , what do you expect , you can

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really be accomplished at a low level

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diplomatic meeting ? What are tangible

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results that can be achieved ? What

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would be the best and results ? And

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where would things go from there ? Um

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We expect that there will

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be an understanding not at the cost of

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Iraq and Iran , but

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the the relationships that are not

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good will not serve Iraq

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and Iraq paid

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the price of the the pants between Iran

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and the United States . So the good

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relationship would help Iran will help

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Iraq certainly and it would certainly

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surely help Iran . We don't want Iraq

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to be an arena of fight between two

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sides . And we don't want Iraq to be an

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arena for sending messages between two

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countries . What the this is what the

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Iraqi government want because we expect

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that this meeting will be uh beginning

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of a very normal relationship in the

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region because the region has went

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through very hence relationship that

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affected everyone because of this

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relationship between especially between

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Iran and other countries . So at least

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the Iraqi government expect this and we

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expect normal relationship between

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between all the countries in the region