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the pain

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the awakenings and secrets are

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demanding the government to support

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them so that they can achieve their

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work . Who do you

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think is behind uh burning the Iraqi

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Central bank bank . And and why do you

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think the Southern plant is

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broadcasting the Iraqi ministerial

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reshuffle in now ? Uh the

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Iraqi government supports all the

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awakening groups , whether they were

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extremely collagen jeolla , but or even

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in Mosul , according to the potentials

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that the uh the government of Iraq used ,

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so that the security issue could be

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uh under the responsibility of the

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Iraqi forces . This is the policy of

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the Iraqi government . With the with

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the awakenings , we think that the

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Iraqi forces cannot perform the

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security uh service is in the hot

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stones without the support from those

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people , including the awakenings and

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the members and the awakenings and the

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Iraqi government appreciates and

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evaluates the efforts of those uh

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Iraqis to support the government and

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also . Uh and of course ,

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uh now in Mosul , you will see that

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there will be a role for those

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awakening . Actually , Central Bank and

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the fire investigation still haven't

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been presented to the Council of

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Ministers . It's still ongoing because

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we're still investigating with some

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members . And we cannot uh make any

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statement about the fire unless the

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investigation is over which is being

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conducted by the Minister Computer . Uh

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the trends . Southern trend is part of

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the political process and it's up to

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him to take part or boycott the

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political process . Uh so that

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the uh this is up to

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the order stance is actually the

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Southern strength . We hope that all

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the political process uh of course as I

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said , it's up to the uh the other

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trends question from a

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latin channel question to Admiral smith .

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Will the american forces have ,

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will the american forces have a

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have a role in settling the dispute

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between the awakenings and the Iraqi

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government to solve the dispute between

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the Iraqi government and the awakening .

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Do you have any role ? The second

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question is to Dr ali al Dabbagh ,

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could you give us an idea about How

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would you resolve the budget issue for

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2008 ? And what's the basis that on

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what basis will you solve it ? Let me

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take your first question . There's been

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a partnership from the very beginning

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between the coalition Iraqi security

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forces and the awakening movement uh

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that is a strong partnership that we

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that still exist in Diyala today . As

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discussions are ongoing between our

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representation there in the area with

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our commanders uh awakening members

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themselves and certainly the government

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officials are sitting down to discuss

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the differences DR Alban mentioned ,

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this is a discussion of some concerns

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they have that will be dealt with

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hopefully through dialogue uh and so

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far they have And so yes , we're

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participating in that process is as a

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part of a full member uh working ,

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working this through to a peaceful and

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a negotiated resolution but ultimately

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decisions about personnel and

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individuals are government , Iraq

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decisions , not the coalition

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uh the budget issue , the budget

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or in all the countries , it's

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not easy to be passed . But in Iraq as

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you know , it's a much longer time than

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expected and it took some really long

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discussions and we hope that uh it will

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end today or tomorrow . I mean the

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passage of the budget because it's

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really important to the Iraqi and we

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can start any kind of project before

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even passing the budget bill because

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you know , there is a political process

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problem in Iraq because there is a

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problem of trust or confidence among

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the uh among the parliament members and

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this was reflected on the budget bill

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and these were all technical problems

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and because , you know , the parliament

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members have the right to make some

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amendments to it , but now these

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amendments have been technical

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amendments are over . Uh We're now

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heading to the different viewpoints of

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the political sides and we hope that

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this is over as well and the articles

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of the budget bill should be agreed and

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now it's the discussion among

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parliament members so that they could

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pass the budget and we hope that this

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could happen today or tomorrow .

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Uh Gina chon Wall Street Journal , dr

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ali I know you mentioned at the

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beginning , but could you expand upon

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the update on the government's talks

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with traffic and the feeling of the

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minister positions um is there

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disappointment that uh that this still

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hasn't been resolved . I know you to

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discuss this issue before and the sort

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of problems that are are still coming

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up because it seemed like a deal with

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somewhat close but there's still some

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ongoing um issues that are preventing

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the rejoining of the government . And

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then my second question , Admiral smith .

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And you might also want to address this

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up in terms of uh talks between us and

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Iran and also Ahmadinejad's visit , if

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there's any updates on dates for for

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either of those um and um with

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Ahmadinejad perhaps coming um who he

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would exactly see and talk to and if

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that would include anyone from the US .

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I thank you the

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discussions . So with the

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radio against the ongoing we still

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haven't reached any kind of agreement

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so that they could go back . They did

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say that they have the desire to go

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back to the government and the

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government encourages and welcomes the

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uh literature now data to the

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ministerial information that there

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should be some clear foundations .

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So to the government and to date a lot .

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So there are some certain important

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points uh presented by by the

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government and points important

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presented by the office so that they

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could be an effective to the government

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so that they will they will be an

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effective part in the government and

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not not a resistance uh in the future

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uh Division or the Sheriff

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er Alcatel

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terminal . Many of the uh

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many of the uh steps or the point that

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the uh said and I think

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the the government is still welcoming

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the proposals fighting you and we will

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come . We

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welcome and we hope that these

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negotiations will not last for long

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because the Iraqi people want a

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ministerial information which is better

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than this one . And we hope that this

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will meet the needs of the Iraqi people .

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Just briefly the discussions between

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Iraq Iran and us will be in the timing

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of that are Iraqi decision to be made

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and the announce of no particular

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information provide on that score . And

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of course on the visit of the of the

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president of Iran . That's also a

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decision that will be announced in

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discussion by Iraq as opposed to us .

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And I think in the first place mhm

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sermon from Times of London , what's

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the what's the latest on the kidnapping

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of the british journalist and his Iraqi

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translated and also How hopeful are you

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that the promise of the centrist in

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basra this morning that he will be

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released within hours is true . We

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don't have any updates on the status of

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the individuals that were believed to

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be kidnapped on Bosnia . And we are

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very hopeful . But of course that will

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be resolved as all would in the in the

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coming days if not hours but no update

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40 this afternoon . Yeah mm . Yeah .

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News regarding the justice and

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accountability law and the return of

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mid level baathists to uh the system

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here . How important do you believe

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that to be uh how important do you

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believe that to be the return of

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midlevel baths in the justice and

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accountability law . And we've spoken

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to a few and they fear for their

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security and safety . If they do return ,

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what provisions do you have in place ?

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The path is 50 . Do

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you , what provisions do you have in

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place ? Feel the safety of 30 return

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uh about the

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accountability and justice it was

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passed and it will be implemented if we

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think that this law is really

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uh just one for everyone .

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Uh It's different from the

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declassification because it takes all

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the badly uh innocent unless

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around less .

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Uh it's been proven that

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they committed company unless which is

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different from the deep ratification .

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This law is a good development and we

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know that we maintain the right of

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everyone . Uh Iraq should maintain all

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the uh take the precaution so that the

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party will not return because the

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return of the bad party uh is not

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acceptable and its constitution and

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unacceptable and we cannot accept the

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Bad party returned . Uh that the return

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of some of the members for some

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different reasons is acceptable

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according to the accountability and

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justice law because we believe that it

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supports the and contributes to the

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national conciliation . Answer the

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second question . I think it's about

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the security situation for the backers .

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Uh Yes , we

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expect everyone expects that uh that

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al Qaeda and the armed groups will try

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to we'll try and all their efforts to

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attack any place that they think it

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caused Iraqis and recently , uh

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the recent attacks is are really

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approved for that because those people

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targeted the markets and innocent

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people and they use all the humane

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methods of using women and Children uh

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etcetera operations are still now are

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being used and this proves that

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we're facing an enemy .

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Uh this is a another point

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to be added to the list to the black

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list of those people . Mm .

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Yeah . Yeah . Mhm . I'm just

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gonna question called Armenian

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Newspaper Doctor a lot about uh two

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days ago , uh you

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approved to allocate money to the

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displacement outside the country , are

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you can you bring

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back displaced families to these

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homes instead of just giving them money

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because , you know , the displaced

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people can

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are really suffer from are in

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agony . I said that the

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best thing that Iraqi government could

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do is to bring back those people and

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that's that's the best option that we

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can do to their homes . All those

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things of giving money that allocations

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and funds are just temporary ones . And

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they don't solve the problem . The best

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thing that we can do that the

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government is actually trying to do is

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to bring back all those great families

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and that's the uh the best thing to

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solve the security . Yes , we know that

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there are some difficulties and we're

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facing those difficulties in a really

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good way last week . We witnessed the

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return of uh some of the displaced

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people in different places in Baghdad .

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And we hope that these efforts uh will

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also be supported by all the levels in

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the society . But the major

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responsibility is over the Iraqi

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government and the Iraqi government is

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taking this seriously so that the uh so

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that the displaced families , because

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you know , the displacement is one of

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the major issues in Baghdad and it

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causes some security problems and

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social problems as well . Uh So the

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Iraqi government is trying and working

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house will bring back all those

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families fact , mm