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All I wanted was to be a university teacher.Jalal Talabani
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Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.Jalal Talabani
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A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.Jalal Talabani
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I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.Jalal Talabani
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We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.Jalal Talabani
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We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.Jalal Talabani