“I hope there will be stability and security in all parts of Iraq and neighboring Arab countries. I hope there will be national unity in Iraq by forgetting the past and looking for the future.”

—  Abdul Rahman Arif

As quoted in anon (August 25, 2007), Abdel-Rahman Aref, 91, Former Iraqi President, Is Dead http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/world/middleeast/25aref.html?ref=world, The New York Times.

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