Biritish soldiers on a mission in a village south of the city of Basra stand
near a local Iraqi woman who complained of a lack of health, March 26, 2003.
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair flew to Washington on Wednesday for a
war council with President George W. Bush, eager to convince his ally that
the United Nations must play a central role in a post-war Iraq.
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