If those who call themselves Iraqi resistance want to make contact with me, I will welcome them. I want to listen to all Iraqis.
If those who call themselves the Iraqi resistance desired to contact me, I would welcome them. I would not refuse to meet any Iraqi who wants to meet me. But of course that does not mean I will accept what he says.
My reply was that the Kurdish people welcome the presence of American forces in Kurdistan in order to defend the freedom they enjoy and to prevent being attacked with weapons of mass destruction.
What I stated was that the Kurdish people are ready to welcome American forces in order to protect the Kurdish people in the region.
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.