Britain's Secretary of Defence Geoff Hoon (L) and Chief of the Defence
Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce (R) leave Downing Street after meeting
with Prime Minister Tony Blair in London March 11, 2003. Blair warned
Russia and France on Tuesday that their U.N. veto threat risked
wrecking the transatlantic alliance and would allow Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein to think he could wriggle off the hook. REUTERS/Peter
Macdiarmid

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