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No quick results from war: US

T V Parasuram in Washington

The US has cautioned against expecting quick results in the war against terrorism saying the crusade will take years as Washington was committed to the comprehensive defeat of the Taleban, the Al Qaeda and the terrorist networks operating throughout the world.

"It bears repeating that our goal is not simply to reduce or simply contain terrorist acts, but our goal is to deal with it comprehensively. And we do not intend to stop until we have rooted out terrorist networks and put them out of business, not just in the case of the Taleban and the Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but other networks as well," said US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

"The Al Qaeda network crosses some 40-50 plus countries. The task is to keep at them until Americans can go about their lives without fear. We did not start the war, the terrorists started it when they attacked the United States, murdering more than 5,000 innocent Americans," he said.

This will not happen overnight, he stressed.

"It is a marathon, not a sprint. It will be years, not weeks or months," he added.

Referring to the US-led strikes on Afghanistan, Chairman of the Joint Staffs General Richard Myers said, "We are in the driver's seat. We are proceeding at our pace; we are not proceeding at the Taleban's pace or Al Qaeda's pace... we are setting conditions. They are certainly not setting conditions for us."

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