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I think the Shiites want a theocracy.
I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.
Daesh will not stop at Iraq. It will extend its hands and arms into different parts of the world.
Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.
It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.
We are taking additional measures to ensure security and stability in Tal Afar and to restore its people's rights
Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.
An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.
This contest between the secular and religious visions of government is really the main choice to be made. It won't be decided in one election, but it is a basic choice between an open and progressive Iraq and one that is backward and continues to fall behind.
You have given us something more than money, you have given us a lot of your sons, your children that were killed beside our own children in Iraq. Iraqi people are insistent on going along the path for their economy and their security, but we do need the help of other countries who will help us, to stand beside us.
Iraq is not only fighting to defend itself, but also to defend all countries of the world, especially as these foreign fighters that are fighting for Daesh, they come from more than 100 countries. So, very humbly, we say that we are defending ourselves and all countries of the civilized world, and we are defending democracy.