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dr Deborah gets mike with Abc . Is this

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any better ? Yes . No , it's

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OK . Okay , well , thank you for taking

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time for speaking with us tonight . And

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I also wanted to thank you spending

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time with our abc news . President .

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David buster . Whenever

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mm . Can you hear me ? Dr

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Yeah . You know when you say you can

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hear me , is that the line is clear ?

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But when you start , you know , raising

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the question , I think it's some

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breaking . I don't know , some

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technical problems . Ok , well , I'll

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try one question here and we'll see if

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we go up . You had a cabinet meeting

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today . What message do you want to

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send to the Government of truth ? Uh

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huh . Uh huh . We are asking Turkey

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to to seize its operation in Iraq

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and to not to violate the sovereignty

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of the country uh attacking the

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civilians and the civil services is

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creating a big anger here in Iraq . And

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we do understand the necessity of

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protecting Turkey from the PKK ,

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the terrorist organization threat to

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Turkey and to its people . We have

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the full solidarity with Turkey but we

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do believe that the military solution

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is not the right solution with the PKK .

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Have you asked the United States to

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intervene or help either diplomatic

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initiative or military action ?

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Well , we had asked Turkey to come to

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the trilateral committee which we had

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jointly along with the United States to

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look after the problem of the PKK uh

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Turkey declined to join from the last

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year . We feel that this is the right

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the right place where we could discuss

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and negotiate and to find ways how to

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avoid the threat to Turkey as well as

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to Iraqi takers threatening Iraq as

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well . Since the

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government of Iraq have any practical

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choices other than to either allow the

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PKK a safe haven or allow the

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government to purchase the ability to

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in Iraq for anything that they bracket

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cover did uh we are either of

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those , we don't provide a safe haven ,

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neither the Kurdistan region providing

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a safe haven . Uh area . There is a

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very rough area . It is very remote

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area . It is similar to the one between

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Afghanistan and Pakistan and we have a

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very limited capacity and ability To

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uh to follow up and to uh

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to go after the PKK the same

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applicable to Turkey , which they have

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also a limited ability as this is very

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difficult areas . And Turkey had tried

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earlier more than 20 times of crossing

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the border but they couldn't to get rid

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of the terrorist organization . We do

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our Turkey not to threaten the

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sovereignty of our country .

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Is there some concern uh if there's

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a there's a military incident for

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tragedy that this could cause a

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division the coalition has support

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Prime Minister Maliki and keep the

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glass of the coalition . No , we

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haven't unified all the parties and the

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political block . They had unified

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their situation against the operation .

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Uh All the political leaders have

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declared their situation yesterday ,

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the alliance they have declared and the

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government today and each and every

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party held Iraq are against the such a

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threat to our and violation to uh to

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our country .

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Dr Tembaga . Iranian . President

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be visiting

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the end of the week . Uh Iraq and Iran

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fought a long and bloody war . There

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are those in the country who missed

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across the close prize . Prime Minister

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Maliki has with Iran . You think the

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visit will cause any problems for the

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reconciliation process On 30 rock now ,

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Iraq , Iraq , Iraq looking to

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have a good relation with each country

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and every country here in the region

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including Iran . Iran is very important

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neighbor for us . And we have interest

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of having a good relation . We want to

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uh do we want to forget the past time

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which we had the problems and wars with

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Iran . Iraq needs to be a point of

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stabilisation here in the region . Uh

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Iran is a historically have

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have a relation long relation with Iraq .

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We have a very long border with Iran .

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Uh There is a certain principles which

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has been declared uh for the relation

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with Iran . Iran should not interfere

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in our political and internal affairs

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at the same time . Iran should

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recognize Iraq is a sovereign country

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and choose its relation and it's uh

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any arrangement with any other country .

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We are not a shadow of any relation or

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any conflict between Iran and the other

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countries . Thank you .

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Um there's been some criticized

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criticism inside and outside direct

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government that any ministries have

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failed to provide basic services to

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Iraqis . Do you foresee changes in the

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cabinet or changed uh the leadership of

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important ?

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Uh We don't deny that some of the

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ministers they failed to deliver . Uh

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and that is why the Prime Minister had

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asked for the shuffling since one year .

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This is again not , it is a sole

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responsibility of the Prime Minister .

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It is the joint responsibility between

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the Prime minister and the other

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political leaders which they have to

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choose and to nominate qualified

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and uh intellectual

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ministers which could come and

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be responsible for managing

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the especially the services which which

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the Iraqi citizens are are expecting

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to have from them again . Now

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the Prime Minister is looking to have

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uh an intellectual independent

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ministers to come forward and uh

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to be nominated for the for the

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reckoned ministers , this is a joint

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uh will between the the Prime Minister

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and the president and some of the

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political leader . The problem that uh

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some of the blocks , they are not

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willing to have uh independent

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ministers in the cabinet as they might

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lose their influence in the in the in

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the cabinet every

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year . Dr bock . Abc news does a series

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called where things stand

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talked to Iraqis all around the country

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every year . The people in Iraq have

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less hope and more complaints about

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power and water and security . Um

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You think next year will be better .

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Uh we had the promise the prime

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minister had promised the Iraqi

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citizens that the 2008 it will be the

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year of services and reconstruction and

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also fighting the corruption here in

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the country . We do believe that with

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the budget which we had this year ,

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which is a good figure which is $48

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billion dollar uh this year .

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Uh the the cabinet could provide more

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services which the Iraqi citizens are

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waiting . Uh there are there are going

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to be a certain standard to keep any

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ministers as well as the governor of

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each government keep them responsible

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and the questionable about therefore

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performance and the ability to execute

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their budget . We do need to build up

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more capacity here in Iraq in order to

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meet the requirements And the demand of

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the Iraqi citizens , we are optimistic

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that 2008 it will be a year of services

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and year of reconstruction of Iraq .

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One last question dr bargain . This is

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something that just happened . There

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are five british hostages currently

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being held by a group calling itself

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the Islamic Kia resistant movement .

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Today . Pictures have been released of

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one of the hostages . Are you aware of

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this case ? And is there anything the

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Iraqi government is willing to do or

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has done ? Take the release of hostages .

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Could you , could you repeat actually

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the lines breaking ? I couldn't hear it .

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Do you want the whole question doctor ?

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Yes , at the beginning it was breaking

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sure . Well there are five British

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hostages currently being held by a

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group calling itself the shear

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resistant . I got it . I got it . I got

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it . Okay . Uh Iraqi government is

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doing it at its most in order to fight

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such such a criminals and those gangs

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which they are destabilized the the the

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the the Iraq and and they are tracking

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the people . We have a problem still

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still we we we do have that threat .

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The Iraqi government is working along

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with the british in order to get

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released of those hostages . We do

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understand that there are uh there are

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some gangs which they do terrify us

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terrifying Iraqis by doing such action

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for the guests who are serving with us .

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We do see them as a guest because they

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are sacrificing and they do train our

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people . We are doing our utmost in

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order to get release those people and

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to get them uh back to their homes or

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they are willing to continue working

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her Iraq . We uh we are doing our job .

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That's the last question again . Uh

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Doctor Zhivago , I thank you for taking

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time for abc news . Thank you mike

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thank you very much . Thank you