Quotes by Iraqi authors

"We are losing each day an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is"

"The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq"

"Everything that happens is determined by God"

"I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions"

"For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom"

"I was hit many times in various parts of the body, including my right leg, and thank God I am recovering. I was also severely wounded in my left leg. Iraqi and French doctors will conduct an operation shortly and, God willing, I will recover"

"We are safer, the region is safer, the world is safer without Saddam"

"Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money"

"It is our people who are sitting in the dark because of these cowardly and treacherous attacks, not our occupiers"

"Your message is stupid. Iraq is not afraid of you or anyone else when it has a right to claim. What you warned about is not on Iraq's agenda. Iraq is vital and powerful. It is not an opportunistic country. Your administration has not learned from the past"

"So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are"

"We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons"

"We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America"

"We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding"

"These are facts, these are not imaginary things"