Bush: Iraq will defeat Shi'ites
27/03/2008 21:11  - (SA)  

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Basra crackdown to continue Militants clash with US troops Iraq stabler than Afghanistan Key Shi'ite pact collapses US: 25 militiamen held in Iraq Forces kill Shi'ite militants

Dayton - US President George W Bush said on Thursday that it would "take some time" for Iraqi forces to crush Shi'ite militias but expressed confidence that they would ultimately prevail.

"This operation is going to take some time to complete," Bush said during a speech here on the "war on terror". He added that ultimately "terrorists and extremists in Iraq will know they have no place in a free and democratic society".

The US leader also said that "normalcy is returning to Iraq".

At least 105 people died countrywide in clashes since Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered his troops to crack down on "lawless gangs" in Basra on Tuesday, according to official reports.

The military operations were mostly in areas controlled by the Mahdi Army fighters of the Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, severely straining a "freeze" he ordered of the militia's activities last August.

- AFP

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