"The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world."
"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."
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Source: Iraq President Rejects Study Group's Report. Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2006.
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