Members of the U.S. 15 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fight a pitched
battle with Iraqi forces at the port town of Umm-Qsar in southern Iraq,
March 23, 2003. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair told British forces
in a broadcast on Sunday that despite suffering casualties from
"friendly fire" the military campaign in Iraq was proceeding according
to plan. REUTERS/POOL/Simon Walker

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