Mahmoud Othman

The U.S. wants a government more than we do. They are demanding with great insistence that the parliament be convened as soon as possible.

Iraq is in a very delicate situation and has problems with foreign forces, so we need a government of national unity that should include the Shiite list, Kurdish coalition and the Sunnis. When everyone is together, the problems will be less.

The U.S. wants a government more than we do.

I don't think anybody is in a hurry. They are completely out of touch with the voters.

They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think they are going to get that.

Being a Muslim, he understands what Islam means, and Islam is very important in Iraq right now. And being an Easterner he understands our traditions.

We're short of time aa it's the fault of the Americans. They are always insisting on short deadlines. It's as if they're making hamburgers and fast food.

By what I saw today, I don't think this can be achieved tomorrow.

It's very difficult to reach something that the Sunnis can agree to. Tomorrow will be crucial.

Violence has its fingerprints on everything. It's affecting everything and every activity.

How can we vote when we saw nothing of the last budget

It's unfair and I didn't vote for it. It's a double standard and it shouldn't have happened.

Someone should have said something. The other side is talking, and the American side is silent. To be silent here means you are on the weak side.

Americans are working very hard to work out something.

Yesterday (Sunday) the meeting of the president with the other parties agreed on the principle of forming a national security council.

We should not be with one side or the other, but somewhere in the middle.

The cancellation of this meeting is a regrettable thing because such meetings are essential under the current situation.

Settling these differences is not an easy matter and it cannot be done quickly.

There are intense talks going on. They are trying very hard to see if they can make last-minute changes for the Sunni Arabs.

but the question is, would this draft satisfy the Sunni Arabs' demands.

The main demands are the same ones that the Sunnis have been talking about all along.

We hope to solve the problems to end the deadlock as soon as possible... we need time but how much I do not know. The delay is not acceptable.

The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep.

The nation's political parties supported the decision to delay the session until all parties agree on all the nominees for the key posts.

We have seen in recent weeks a security crisis, then a political crisis. This would mean we would now have a constitutional crisis.