Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq. - Jalal Talabani

We have developed contacts with five groups of insurgents. We are making these contacts in an attempt to bring them into the political process.

Some Shi'ites are asking that Islam be the only source of laws, which means turning Iraq into an Islamic regime, and that is unacceptable. We accept that the religion of Iraq is Islam, and we must respect Islam and the Islamic identity of Iraqi people. But we think Islam should only be one source of the Iraqi laws.

No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back are violating the constitution.