Iraq says military operation to continue

Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:11am EDT


BAGHDAD, March 30 (Reuters) - Iraqi troops will continue their six-day-old military operation in Basra despite a call by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for his followers to stop fighting, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Sunday.

"The operation in Basra will continue and will not stop until it achieves its goals. It is not targeting the Sadrists but criminals," Dabbagh told Reuters.

(Reporting by Wisam Mohammed; writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Ibon Villelabeitia)

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