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October 05, 2007

"The capacity of the factories here are not enough."

- Iraqi President JALAL TALABANIexplaining a $100 million order of light military equipment from China for Iraq's police force — in which only one in five officers is armed
December 11, 2006

"We detect from this report the same stance Baker took before the war when they decided to liberate Kuwait and left Saddam in Baghdad. Generally, I reject this report."

- Jalal Talabanithe Iraqi President, whose Kurdish militia fought against Hussein's rule for decades, on the Baker report

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