Posted AT 8:55 PM EDT on 27/03/08
Maliki vows to fight Shia militias 'to the end'
BAGHDAD — Iraq's Prime Minister vowed Thursday to fight "until the end" against Shiite militias in Basra despite protests by tens of thousands of followers of a radical cleric in Baghdad and deadly clashes in the capital and the oil-rich south.
Late Thursday, a senior aide said the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has called for a political solution to the standoff.
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