41. USATODAY.com government? 12. Out of the seven forms of government listed below, which one would you prefer as the new government for iraq? 13. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-04-29-gallup-poll-new-gov-full.htm

LowerMyBills.com - More for you. Less for them. Cars Jobs Franchises Business Opportunities ... Weather Politics Politics home Politics briefs Latest polls Political calendar Washington Washington home Washington briefs Government Guide Law Center Health Health home Medical resources Health information Editorial/Opinion Ed/Op home Columnists Cartoons More News Top news briefs Nation briefs World briefs States ... Talk Today 04/29/2004 - Updated 03:33 PM ET How Iraqis feel about forming a government What would be an acceptable form for a new Iraqi government? Out of the seven forms of government listed below, which one would you prefer as the new government for Iraq? Five years from now, which form of government do you think Iraq is most likely to have? Question number Government form acceptable Preferred government  form Most likely government form Multi-party parliamentary democracy such as that in most European nations, U.S. and some Asian countries An Islamic democracy, such as that in Pakistan.

42. Iraq Crisis Debate In The House Of Commons, Britain A reproduced debate in full from the British government proceedings. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/cm981125/

Search Advanced Search Home Glossary Index ... Parliament Live section... Parliamentary Publications and Archives Site Map Bills Hansard Directories Frequently Asked Questions Judicial Work Previous Section Index Home Page 10.50 am The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting (Janet Anderson): I join hon. Members on both sides of the House in congratulating the hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) on securing this morning's debate. We all welcome the opportunity to discuss what is undoubtedly one of Britain's most important industries. The hon. Member for North Essex highlighted the industry's importance for employment. We have been liaising closely with the industry on the Government's proposals for the new deal to get young people off benefit and into work. Tourism is extremely important in my constituency of Rossendale and Darwen. When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister appointed me to this post, I was very encouraged when the Manchester Evening News visited one of my local tourist information centres in Rawtenstall and said what a wonderful service it provided. Other hon. Members raised important constituency matters. My hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Miss Smith) rightly referred to the plight of many seaside resorts around the country. Our domestic tourism working group charged a quality sub-group with looking at that problem. It examined a resort regeneration

43. Note Verbale From The Permanent Mission Of Iraq Study submitted by the government of the Republic of iraq to the United Nations. http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.Sub.2.2000.37.En

Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/37 31 July 2000 ENGLISH Original: ARABIC /FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Fifty-second session Item 4 of the provisional agenda THE REALIZATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Note verbale dated 3 July 2000 from the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations Office at Geneva presents its compliments to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and has the honour to enclose herewith* a document concerning environmental pollution resulting from the use of depleted uranium missiles during the aggression against Iraq. The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq would be grateful if the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights could have this document circulated as an official document of the fifty-second session of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights under the agenda item on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights. * The annex is reproduced either as received in Arabic, or in English only.

44. Kurdistan Regional Government Home Historical documents, including the KingCrane commission report 1919 and the treaties of S¨vres 1920 and Lausanne 1923, provided by the Kurdish Regional government in Erbil, iraq. http://www.krg.org/reference/index.asp

Wednesday, 9 June 2004 Home Contact Useful Links Feedback ... Books History See Kurdistan Waterfalls, mountains, rolling green hills...enjoy beautiful images of Kurdistan in this online slideshow Where is Kurdistan? The region known as Kurdistan spans several countries. The light colored areas on this map show the areas the Kurds live. See map Learn More For anyone interested in the situation of Kurds in northern Iraq, Office of the Iraq Programme is an essential resource. Get the latest news, security council resolutions, reports of the Secretary-General, details on the enhanced distribution plan and the Secretary-General's 90-day report. A Kurdish Hero Integral to the history of the Kurds is the role of Mullah Mustapha Barzani. Find out more about this beloved Kurdish leader.

45. CIA - The World Factbook -- Iraq government, iraq, Top of Page. Country name Definition Field Listing conventional long form Republic of iraq conventional short form http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html

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46. Dodgy Dossier | The Whole Fiasco Satirises the dossier the British government used to justify the invasion of iraq. http://www.dodgydossier.co.uk/

The dodgy dossier Huh! Dodgy Dossier they call it! That is just so unfair! I put quite a lot of effort into that dossier, and I don't think it's dodgy at all! On the day the whole fiasco started I was called to a meeting by my boss, I tore myself away from a hectic game of Solitaire sauntered down the stairs, threw my hat on the coat stand outside his office, nodded to his personal assistant, knocked and went in. "Oh! Hello Perkins" he blustered, as I walked over his polar bear skin rug, and presented myself in the traditional stooped and submissive fashion at his old leather covered desk with the dodgy drawers. He spun round in his chair, and in his own special style which I've become a bit tired of lately, he stroked his pussy and said "hello Perkins, I've been expecting you". I've learned not to rise to it when he makes these jaded old jokes because when I say something out of line he always ends up getting his own back, sending me on a research mission to Afghanistan, or worst of all, making me buy a round of cakes for all the girls in the typing pool. They always taunt me so, and I come away from the "cake sessions" as they call them, with a hurt ego and bruised pride. I nodded sagely, and gesticulated toward his little side table in the corner of his office that is surrounded by a pair of ancient leather high backed chairs and a standard lamp which has a dim old bulb.

47. :: John Kerry For President - A Strategy To Win The Peace In Iraq :: iraq. These steps are critical to creating a stable iraq with a representative government and secure in its borders. Meeting this http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/iraq/

GET KERRY EMAIL GET INFORMED About John About Teresa On the Issues D-Bunker ... Blog GET INVOLVED Contribute Kerry Core Online Action HQ MeetUp ... Online Forum RESOURCES Photos Downloads Register to Vote Kerry Gear ... STATE SITES Select AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY SEARCH Home Issues A Strategy for Success in Iraq II. Authorize a High Commissioner for Governance and Reconstruction III. Launch a Massive Effort to Build an Iraqi Security Force Protecting Our Military Families in Times of War: A Military Family Bill of Rights John Kerry has proposed a Military Family Bill of Rights that will provide our military families with competitive pay, good housing, decent health care, quality education for their children, first rate training, and the best possible weaponry, armor, and state-of-the-art equipment. Find Out More Printer Friendly Version Forward to a Friend Risk John Kerry ad on winning the peace in Iraq Watch Video Speech at Westminster College: This Moment in Iraq is a Moment of Truth April 30, 2004 Speaking at Westminster College on the eve of the 1 year anniversary of the declaration of the end of major combat in Iraq, John Kerry laid out key steps to win the peace. Read the Speech Kerry Was Right Read the Column Radio Address on Iraq: ... April 19, 2004

48. BBC NEWS | Politics | Body 'matches' Iraq Expert Police say a body found in the search for a missing iraq arms expert matches Dr David Kelly, as the government announces a judicial inquiry. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3076801.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Programmes Last Updated: Friday, 18 July, 2003, 19:54 GMT 20:54 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Body 'matches' Iraq expert Dr Kelly arriving to give evidence to MPs this week A body matching the description of Dr David Kelly - the weapons expert at the centre of the Iraq dossier row - has been found at a beauty spot close to his home in Oxfordshire. The government says an independent judicial inquiry will be held into the circumstances of his death if the body is confirmed to be that of the MoD adviser. The discovery was made at 0920 BST by a member of the police team searching for Dr Kelly in a wooded area at Harrowdown Hill, near Faringdon. Dr Kelly, 59, had been caught up in a row between the BBC and the government about the use of intelligence reports in the run-up to the war with Iraq. SEARCH FOR DAVID KELLY 1500 BST: Told wife going for a walk near their home 2345 BST: Police informed he is missing Eyewitness: Village in mourning amid media crowds On Tuesday he told the Foreign Affairs select committee he had spoken to BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan but denied he was the main source for a story about claims that a dossier on Iraq had been "sexed up". Dr Kelly left his home in Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, at about 1500 BST on Thursday and his family reported him missing at 2345 BST the same day.

49. RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY Meanwhile, all parties in the debate over how to form iraq s future government say they will take the UN s opinions into account before making their next moves http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/02/d70c068e-067f-4b62-8004-a8040c8b9d8

Choose a Language Site Afghan [Dari] Afghan [Pashto] Afghan [English] Albanian Arabic [Radio Free Iraq] Armenian Armenian [English] Azerbaijani Belarusian Bulgarian Estonian Georgian Kazakh Kyrgyz Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Romanian Persian Russian Slovak South Slavic [Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian] Tajik Tatar-Bashkir Turkmen Ukrainian Uzbek Top Stories RFE/RL Newsline Features Reports ... homepage Wednesday, 18 February 2004 E-mail this page to a friend Print Version Iraq: Plans For Iraqi Government In Disarray As UN Prepares Election Recommendations By Charles Recknagel Who or what will take over power from L. Paul Bremer this summer? The UN may make recommendations as early as 20 February regarding how to form a sovereign Iraqi government. Meanwhile, earlier plans for the handover of power appear to be in disarray. Many members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council say they no longer accept the original U.S. proposal for a caucus system and are suggesting a host of alternatives of their own. RFE/RL correspondent Charles Recknagel looks at the widening debate ahead of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report. Prague, 18 February 2004 (RFE/RL) The UN has yet to say precisely when it will give its assessment of how the U.S. should hand over political power to a sovereign Iraqi government. But there are strong hints it could be by the end of this week.

50. Iraqi Exiles Go Back To Rebuild Government CNN http://cnn.com/2003/US/04/26/sprj.nitop.iraq.exiles.return.ap/index.html

51. RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY iraq Powell Acknowledges Limited Sovereignty For New government. Polwell (right) with Kofi Annan. Prague, 27 April 2004 (RFE/RL) US http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/04/2e4bd22b-fff0-41e0-bef6-6e1f52ed99c

Choose a Language Site Afghan [Dari] Afghan [Pashto] Afghan [English] Albanian Arabic [Radio Free Iraq] Armenian Armenian [English] Azerbaijani Belarusian Bulgarian Estonian Georgian Kazakh Kyrgyz Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Romanian Persian Russian Slovak South Slavic [Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian] Tajik Tatar-Bashkir Turkmen Ukrainian Uzbek Top Stories RFE/RL Newsline Features Reports ... homepage Tuesday, 27 April 2004 E-mail this page to a friend Print Version Iraq: Powell Acknowledges Limited Sovereignty For New Government Polwell (right) with Kofi Annan Prague, 27 April 2004 (RFE/RL) U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has indicated that the new Iraqi government will get less than full sovereignty in the handover of power set for 30 June. Powell, speaking yesterday to the Reuters news agency, said the still-undefined government set to take power in Iraq will have to "give up" some of its sovereignty to allow U.S. forces to operate freely in the country. He said this is necessary to provide security. "It's sovereignty [that the Iraqis will get], but part of that sovereignty they are going to allow us to exercise on their behalf and with their permission. It is not as if we are seizing anything away from them. It is with the understanding that they need our help, and for us to provide that help we have to be able to operate freely, which in some ways infringes on what some would call full sovereignty," Powell said. Powell's comments are the clearest indication yet that the Iraqis will be getting less than full control over their country on 30 June. That's the date of the expected handover of power from the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority to a new Iraqi transitional authority.

52. CNN.com - New Turkish Government Formed; Trilateral Talks Set In Azores - Mar. 1 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.tracker.update/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com New Turkish government formed; trilateral talks set in Azores Sources: U.S. mulling pre-emptive strike An H-2 Seasprite helicopter flies over two F-14 Tomcats on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman on Friday. Part of the Truman's battle group has been ordered to the Red Sea. Story Tools PERSPECTIVE TIME.com's Hugh Sidey writes in a story on Bush the elder titled "He Had No Respect for Our Military Then": "When President No. 43 tells President No. 41 not to worry, he's talking not only as one world leader to another but also as a son to a father. That simple request combines perhaps the most intimate and unusual mix of power and love that this nation has ever witnessed. 'It's my job to worry,' says George Bush the elder, with a chuckle. But his concern is not about the rightness of the cause in Iraq or the ability of the President to lead the country in this dangerous time. It is that of a father who sees his son on a lonely and difficult march and knows he may be the only other person on the planet who can completely understand what the President is going through... "'It is the toughest decision a President has to make, to send the sons and daughters of Americans into harm's way,' George H.W. declares. He recalls that before he sent these 'wonderful young' troops into battle in Panama, the anxiety was terrible. 'The night before I could not move my neck or arms. The tension had taken hold, the responsibility for those lives, even though I had been in combat myself.'"

53. Juan Cole * Informed Comment * that influential quarters in the Central Intelligence Agency are putting forward as candidate for high office in the caretaker government of iraq a politically http://www.juancole.com/2004_04_01_juancole_archive.html

Informed Comment Thoughts on the Middle East, History,and Religion Juan Cole is Professor of History at the University of Michigan Friday, April 30, 2004 Photographs of Abused Iraqi Prisoners Screen captures from the CBS 60 Minutes broadcast of photographs of abused Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghuraib prison are available at memory hole . Others are floating around the internet that are even more explicit. There was also apparently coerced male on male sexual activity. The genteel mainstream news reports of this scandal (which have given it less attention than it deserves or than it will get in the Arab press) have not commented on the explicitly sexual message sent by the abusers, which is that Iraq is f**ked. posted by Juan @ 4/30/2004 03:40:38 PM Guest Commentary: Ray Close on 'The Real Meaning of Fallujah' Guest Commentary Ray Close ' The proposed plan to turn over control of the Fallujah security situation to an Iraqi force under the command of four retired generals is much more significant than might at first be apparent. Strangely, George W. Bush does not seem willing yet to acknowledge this obvious defeat for his policies. One cannot attribute this merely to bad advice from his mentors, unless one is to believe that the neocons have a complete monopoly on all in-put to his mental processes. That is not a credible explanation. It seems more likely that his stubborn adherence to simplistic explanations of all anti-American sentiments and actions is another sign of his worrisome inability to comprehend the subtleties of this and other similar international challenges falling within the broad title of "the war on terror". Perhaps his intellectual mind-set ("there is no common ground between freedom and terrorism") simply makes it impossible for him to see the world as anything other than a zero-sum conflict between good and evil. That is very troubling quality, especially in the leader of a superpower.

54. CNN Student News Discussion/Activity - Compare A Dictatorship To Other Forms Of CNN http://cnn.com/2003/fyi/lesson.plans/07/23/iraq.sons/index.html

>News SEARCH This site CNN.com SI.com CNNfn.com The Web Select a section: AIRS: CNN HEADLINE NEWS CNN Student News is on hiatus from June 16th through August 18th. However, we will continue to bring you weekly news and classroom materials. SIGN UP Click here to sign up for the daily guide and update. CONTACT US Send us your comments and questions. In partnership with: Compare a dictatorship to other forms of government July 23, 2003 Web posted at: 4:07 PM EDT (2007 GMT) Overview: President Bush says that the killings of Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay show that "the former (Iraqi) regime is gone and will not be coming back." The two sons of Saddam died on Tuesday, July 22 in a firefight with U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. After students read, " Deaths of Saddam's sons seen as boon to coalition operations in Iraq ," pose the following questions and activity: RESOURCES Operation Iraqi Freedom American Government Types of Government CIA World Factbook 2002 1. Who are Uday and Qusay Hussein? How did they die on Tuesday? What was President Bush's reaction to the killing of Saddam's two sons? Why were Uday and Qusay among the most wanted members of the ousted Iraqi regime? 2. What caused Uday's disability? Why was Uday considered by many experts to be a poor choice for possibly succeeding Saddam as leader of Iraq? According to this article, how did Uday's personality compare with that of his younger brother, Qusay?

55. Toward Iraq S Government - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Toward iraq s government. If the election would follow a thoroughly democratic path, the new iraqi government would most likely run counter to US interests. http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/electionindex.htm

about GPF What's New Newsletter Sitemap ... *Opinion Forum Toward Iraq's Government Members of Iraq Governing Council Picture Credit: BBC Iraq Governing Council Picture Credit: World News Network Occupation and Rule in Iraq Resistance to the Occupation Development Fund for Iraq ... Kurds Threaten to Walk Away From Iraqi State (June 9, 2004) In a letter addressed to US President George Bush, Kurdish leaders Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani warned that failing to include the “Transitional Administrative Law” (TAL) in the UN Security Council resolution would result in the withdrawal of its members from Iraq’s Government. US officials left out reference to the TAL after Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani threatened serious repercussions should it form part of the proposal. ( New York Times Ration Cards to be Basis for Electoral Register (June 7, 2004) The UN Electoral Assistance Mission to Iraq is working to ensure that food ration cards, issued under the Oil-for-Food programme, represent Iraqis who are alive and currently living in the country. Officials contend that the ration cards, along with national identification documents, are the most accurate source of information on families in Iraq, “since virtually every family has one.” ( Integrated Regional Information Network Iraqi Government Wins Vital Backing from Shi'ite Cleric (June 3, 2004)

56. Cookies Gerald Kaufman. The MP gives his version of the history of the legislative attempts to ban hunting, blaming all delays on the Labour government behaving in an unacceptable and devious fashion rather than the iraq war being more important. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-726877,00.html

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57. CNN - Iraqi Government Newspaper Blames Cleric's Slaying On Outside Powers - Feb CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9902/21/iraq.cleric/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD africa americas ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pointcast DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Keyword Title Author Iraqi government newspaper blames cleric's slaying on outside powers Shiite opposition insists Iraqi regime responsible February 21, 1999 Web posted at: 10:27 p.m. EST (0327 GMT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) An Iraqi government newspaper alleged Sunday that the slaying of the country's senior Shiite Muslim cleric was the work of outside powers "motivated by the devil." While not naming any country directly, a commentary in the al-Jumhuriya newspaper implied that Friday's assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Mohammed Sadiq al-Sader was the work of Western nations and Israel "Iraq will not be shaken by these types of attempts that are created by imperialism, Zionism and those who serve them," the paper said. But Iraqi opposition groups continue to accuse President Saddam Hussein 's regime of murdering al-Sader.

58. IHT: Fund Report | Betting On Debt: Will Iraq Pay Up? To borrow, the new Iraqi government must first pay back the $2.6 billion of sovereign debt now owned by funds and traders, Payne said. http://www.iht.com/articles/94472.html

This site requires Javascript to be turned on. ?" TARGET="_top"> ?" BORDER=0 WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60> Sections Front Page Business Business Asia by Bloomberg Technology ... Article Index Regions Americas Asia - Pacific Europe Publishing Partners Services Currency Converter Weather International Funds Sponsored Sections ... Help Search Articles by Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ... Weekend Cara Marcano IHT Saturday, April 26, 2003 Institutional investors have begun wagering that an occupied Iraq can pay the hefty bills Saddam Hussein has rung up during the past two decades. They have been buying the country's debt for as much as 100 percent more than they paid for it as little as a year ago. In the next three to six months, they expect to resell it for twice that or more. Individual investors can't buy the debt directly. But they can buy funds that own the debt. Emergent Alternative Fund, Aberdeen Asset Management and Argo Capital Management Ltd. all offer funds that dabble in Iraqi debt. Other funds also hold Iraqi and other exotic embargoed debt they bought from Middle Eastern and European banks who wrote the debt off years ago after it became clear that the Saddam regime would not pay the money back. Iraqi debt is relatively illiquid: Trades can take two to three weeks to complete. And many of these funds can be hard even for the professional investor to find because their managers have been trying to keep a low profile.

59. IHT: William Pfaff: Iraqi Nationalism As Exit Strategy sponsored new government, nor the new United Nations Security Council resolution Washington wants in order to rally NATO and other international help in iraq. http://www.iht.com/articles/518286.htm

This site requires Javascript to be turned on. ?" TARGET="_top"> ?" BORDER=0 WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60> Sections Front Page Business Business Asia by Bloomberg Technology ... Article Index Regions Americas Asia - Pacific Europe Publishing Partners Services Currency Converter Weather International Funds Sponsored Sections ... Help Search Articles by Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ... Weekend William Pfaff: Iraqi nationalism as exit strategy William Pfaff IHT Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Limiting the damage PARIS The outline of a policy to get the United States out of Iraq, limiting further damage to Americans and Iraqis, is now becoming visible. Unlike proposals that some American analysts and former diplomats have made for dividing Iraq into ethnic or religious federal entities - which the United States today is scarcely in a position to attempt - this plan would keep the country together. It relies on Iraqi national interest and Iraqi nationalism. The latter is often dismissed, with the comment that Iraq "only became a nation in the 1920s." The implication is that several loose and ethnically incompatible bits of the old Ottoman Empire were stuck together by British imperial officials, and could easily be taken apart today by their American successors. The modern Iraqi state is roughly coterminous with Mesopotamia, the oldest of the Middle Eastern civilizations. It emerged 3,000 to 5,000 years ago in the fertile land along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and remained a coherent cultural and political entity over the millennia, through the brilliant era of the Arab Abbasid caliphate and its successors in Baghdad, continuing through the Ottoman Empire that followed, lasting until 1918.

60. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Iraq The full text of the assessment of the British government published on September 24 2002 pdf. In English and Arabic. http://www.fco.gov.uk/iraq/dossier/

Country Profiles Afghanistan Africa The Caribbean ... Western Balkans Shortcut Menu Careers with the FCO Country Profiles FCO Strategy Foreign Embassies in the UK Latest News Links Travel Advice UK Embassies Overseas UKVisas i-uk.com 'The vast majority of Iraqis want a prosperous, stable, democratic Iraq, at peace with its neighbours; a force for good in the region and the world; international forces staying not a day longer than they have to; Iraq's wealth, which is Iraqi wealth, and Iraq's oil, which is Iraqi oil; and a country that is a sovereign, independent state governed by Iraqis for the benefit of Iraqi citizens. That is exactly what the Coalition want. We are on their side against the small minority of those trying to disrupt this vision, and we have a political and military strategy to achieve it.' 'That is the vision. We will stay the course until it becomes the reality, and I hope that the whole international community will come together to support it. Whatever people's views of the wisdom of the war in Iraq, it must surely be in everyone's interest, not just in Iraq but across the world, for this vision of hope and democracy in the future of Iraq to prevail and to succeed.' - From a statement to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on 19 April 2004.

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