President of Syria: In 2003 there was talk of US troops entering Iraq. My sense of solidarity took me to Iraq to defend them and confront the American Israel at that time. That was my main motivation. I had no organizational affiliations. The truth is that I went to Iraq before the Americans entered. I went there to wait for them while they came. I went alone, without any organizational affiliation.

President of Syria: In 2003 there was talk of US troops entering Iraq. My sense of solidarity took me to Iraq to defend them and confront the American Israel at that time. That was my main motivation. I had no organizational affiliations. The truth is that I went to Iraq before the Americans entered. I went there to wait for them while they came. I went alone, without any organizational affiliation.