"On this side of the encounter were the people of civilizations, the cradle of prophethood, the torch of Allah's messages and the anvil on which all hammers broke."

"I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking."

"Iraq is the mother of all battles."

"The Iraqis loved their people, their civilization and their glorious history. They loved their nation and its great principles a love surpassed by none before. And because they were born free, they lo…"

"We will defend our land with our souls and our blood."