Our hearts and our prayers are with the victims, ... But one should also keep in mind the importance of reconstruction in Iraq. You cannot leave Iraq alone, because failure is not an option here.

We are exploring all possibilities.

Come on, this is a success. We're not killing each other.

The stakes are very high, ... We're telling our American friends: 'We can do it together. We can do Baghdad together. We can do Iraq together. We, the Iraqi people together with the American liberators and the British liberators, we can achieve the task of getting rid of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies.'

Regrettably we were not able to reach a draft we could all agree on.

We should have had the support of the Arab world in a more active manner - but as they say, better late than never.