Allawi Tells U.S. Congress: We Are Succeeding In Iraq

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told a joint session of the US Congress that despite setbacks, "we are succeeding in Iraq."
"We are succeeding in Iraq," Allawi told the chamber.
Speaking in English after receiving a warm, standing ovation, he said: "It`s a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.
"My friends, today we are better off. You are better off. And the world is better off without Saddam Hussein," Allawi said.
"We Iraqis know that Americans have made, and continue to make, enormous sacrifices to liberate Iraq, to assure Iraq`s freedom," he said. "I have come here to thank you, and to promise you that your sacrifices are not in vain.
"The overwhelming majority of Iraqis are grateful," said Allawi, who was to meet with President George W. Bush later in the day at the White House.