A group of Iraqis gather to watch an impromptu football match between
British troops of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment and a local
team in Al Madeena, southern Iraq April 16, 2003. U.S. forces refused a
Save the Children plane permission to land in northern Iraq to deliver
aid, breaching the Geneva Convention and "costing children their lives"
said the British charity on Thursday. REUTERS/POOL/Chris Ison

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