We are safer, the region is safer, the world is safer without Saddam.

We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions ... These are ingredients for catastrophe.

We were expecting such an escalation, and we will witness more in the next few weeks, ... We will deal with it and crush it.

With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure.

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

This is an escalation that we have been expecting, ... The government of Iraq is determined to confront the enemies.

It is our people who are sitting in the dark because of these cowardly and treacherous attacks, not our occupiers.

We deplore this terrorist act and vow to get the criminals to justice as soon as possible.

Full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation.