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We must build a state that is in the position to defend democracy. And the institutions of this state must have a place for all Iraqis... .

— Ayad Allawi

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I am an Arab and Arab minded person, but I am not a racist, a Shiite, but I am not sectarian.

I'm a doctor and a politician. Weapons are foreign to me.

I can tell the difference between senseless terror and justifiable rebellion.

America is the last remaining superpower.

Palestine[-Israeli conflict]? One step forward, three steps back.

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