(MENAFN) Iraq's Prime minister said Saturday that the Daesh terror group's ideology is still a threat in Iraq even though the fight against terrorism has ended in military terms.
"Our land war with Daesh has ended. We have saved all the land of our country and taken control of the Syrian border. But the danger of Daesh's ideology and sleeper cells remains. I should warn everyone about that," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a speech at a meeting of the Islamic Dawa Party, Iraq's ruling party.
"Iraqi officials had told me the war against Daesh might take up to 10 years, but we overcame it in a short time", he said.
Abadi alluded to the term of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in criticizing corruption in the country, saying that during that period, corruption was at its peak in Iraq and sectarian policies had led to terrorism and violence.
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