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Nouri al-Maliki — Address to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, 26 July 2006 (official English record)
Arabic 
Iraq 2006-07-26
Politician: Nouri al-Maliki
Original source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2006-07-26/html/CREC-2006-07-26-pt1-PgH5858-3.htm
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I know that some of you here question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror. Let me be very clear. This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential cornerstones, and terrorism which wraps itself in a fake Islamic cloak […]. The truth is that terrorism has no religion. Our faith says that who kills an innocent has killed all mankind.
Thousands of lives were tragically lost on September 11 […]. Iraq is the front line in this struggle and history will prove that the sacrifices of Iraqis for freedom will not be in vain. Iraqis are your allies in the war on terror […]. The fate of our country and yours is tied. Should democracy be allowed to fail in Iraq and terror permitted to triumph, then the war on terror will never be won elsewhere.
Mr. Speaker, we are building a new Iraq on a foundation of democracy […] just as Saddam has destroyed it through his abuse of all those rights. This is the new Iraq […] a country which respects international conventions and practices noninterference in the internal affairs of others, relies on dialogue to resolve differences, and strives to develop strong relations with every country that espouses freedom and peace.
[…] Of hope over fear, liberty over oppression, dignity over submission, democracy over dictatorship, federalism over a centralist state. […] Iraqis succeeded in forming a government of national unity based on an elected parliamentary foundation and includes all of Iraq's religions, ethnicities and political groupings.
For the sake of success of the political process, I launched the National Reconciliation Initiative […]. But let our enemies not mistake our outstretched hand for forgiveness as a sign of weakness.
[…] I have on many occasions stated my determination to disband all militias, without exception, and reestablish a state monopoly on arms […].
I will not allow Iraq to become a launch pad for al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. […] Iraq and America both need each other to defeat the terror engulfing the free world. […] Trust that Iraq will be a graveyard for terrorism and terrorists, for the good of all humanity. How to cite this document
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(al-Maliki, 2006) al-Maliki, N.. (2006). Nouri al-Maliki — Address to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, 26 July 2006 (official English record) [Original language: AR]. govinfo.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2006-07-26/html/CREC-2006-07-26-pt1-PgH5858-3.htm
al-Maliki, Nouri. 2006. "Nouri al-Maliki — Address to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, 26 July 2006 (official English record)." [Original language: AR] govinfo.gov. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2006-07-26/html/CREC-2006-07-26-pt1-PgH5858-3.htm.
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