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Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Battle
Rest
Cowards
Soldiers
Tell
Blair
Most
Executed
Executing
Him
Because
Get
Accusing
Just
Anybody
Want
Anyway
Either
Them
Us
Captured
British
Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Truth
You
Yesterday
Say
Airport
Tell
Attack
Saddam
Retreat
Always
Verify
Ask
Search
Things
The United Nations is a place for prostitution under the feet of Americans.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
United Nations
Feet
American
Nations
Place
United
God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
God
Will
Hell
Roast
Iraqis
Hands
Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Fire
Soldiers
Thrown
Washington
They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Illusion
Others
Baghdad
Within
Iraq
Sell
Trying
Any
Hold
Place
Miles
Even
I'd say we are traditionalist. We are heavy on discipline and relatively strict and structured. But we also make sure our children feel not just physically safe but emotionally safe, like they can come to us with anything.
Mona Sutphen
Discipline
Strict
Our
Relatively
Say
Structured
Physically
Emotionally
Feel
Come
Like
Safe
Also
Make
Sure
Just
Children
Heavy
Anything
Us
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.
Mona Sutphen
Education
Health
Innovation
Care
Research
States
Focused
Security
More
Pursue
Investments
Development
Retirement
Retirement Security
Economy
Health Care
Robust
Infrastructure
Agenda
Should
Including
United
United States
Basic
Universal
Basic Research
Competitiveness
I've had a disproportionate share of interaction with jerks.
Mona Sutphen
Had
Share
Interaction
Jerks
Disproportionate
A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.
Nicholas Johnson
Moral
Advertising
Equivalent
Viewer
Who
It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive.
Nicholas Johnson
People
Survive
To Survive
Used
Products
Now
Need
Needed
Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work.
Nicholas Johnson
Work
People
Poverty
Out
Runs
Through
Lift
Counter
Families
Effort
Decades
Poor
Taxing
Themselves
Help
Help People
What would ultimately de-escalate the challenges of society would be for people to get educated, especially for more women to be educated because when more women are educated, they invest much more of their time and income in ensuring that the next generation would perform even more than they have done.
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Time
Challenges
Generation
Women
People
Society
Ensuring
Would
Would-Be
More
Invest
Perform
Because
Educated
Ultimately
Women Are
Than
Get
Done
Much
Next
Next Generation
Even
Income
Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Social Media
Tool
Simply
Social
Actions
Media
In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Corruption
Will
Important
Has-Been
No Choice
Tackle
Constraint
Absolutely
Environment
Development
New
Global
Global Environment
Most
Terms
Been
The Most Important
Choice
Kenya
Competitiveness
Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Education
Move On
Society
Our
Kind
Some
Between
Accept
Getting
Move
Children
Dying
Cannot
Us
Choose
Now
There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
Obiageli Ezekwesili
God
Nothing
Believe
Absolutely
Absolutely Nothing
Cannot
We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place.
Otto Schily
Best
Great
Welcome
Wonderful
World
Decision
Responsibility
Tremendous
Honored
Berlin
City
Athletes
Rate
Host
Developing
Feel
Been
Very
Offered
Place
Means
Fascinating
Prepare
Event
Now
On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
Otto Schily
Terrorism
Year
September
Dimension
Entered
New
International
International Terrorism
Last
Last Year
We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.
Otto Schily
Points
Particularly
Common
Tax
It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter.
Otto Schily
People
Own
Think
Those
Destroy
Willing
Deter
About
Network
Involved
Becoming
Terrorist
May
Warning
Hard
Who
Lives
The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Otto Schily
Community
Local
Members
Immigrants
Muslim
Paris
Attacks
Were
Metro
North
North Africa
Committed
Africa
Region
The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
Otto Schily
Political
Living
Muslim
Muslims
Citizens
Religious
See
Vast
Vast Majority
Also
Majority
However
Germany
Fanaticism
Unfortunately
Groups
Peaceful
Among
Here
Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.
Otto Schily
Time
People
Dangerous
Decision
Sense
Final
Must
Detention
Reached
Until
Make
Court
Always
Least
Limits
Arresting
However
Subject
Review
Deportation
Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
Otto Schily
Freedom
Made
Every
State
Press
Scandals
Classified
Investigative
Journalism
Journalists
Document
Does
Questioned
Available
Mean
Should
Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree.
Otto Schily
Police
Will
Degree
State
State Governments
Our
Determine
Facilities
Federal
However
Governments
Surveillance
Whether
Video
Certain
Certain Degree
Railroad
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