[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES CONGRESS

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I sat here before and listened to the speech 
of Prime Minister Al-Maliki of Iraq. Quite frankly, I was underwhelmed. 
I am glad that he condemned terrorism by al Qaeda in Iraq, but we heard 
not a word of condemnation about Hezbollah and their terrorism against 
Israel.
  I guess, according to the Prime Minister, terrorism against Iraq is 
no good, but terrorism against Israel is acceptable. I am also sorry he 
didn't take the opportunity to set the record straight involving his 
criticism of Israel this week or to condemn the speaker of the 
parliament of Iraq and his vicious anti-Semitic and anti-Jewish 
diatribe and tirade earlier this week. Unfortunately, none of that was 
forthcoming.
  If we are to take the Iraqi leadership seriously in condemnation of 
terror, they have to condemn terror wherever it rears its ugly head, 
against Iraq, against Israel, or against any other nation. Only then 
will I truly believe that they are democrats and care about democracy 
and really care about the war on terror.

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