British Guardsman Robert Whittaker of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards,
attached to the 1st Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, mans his post on the
front line just outside Basra in southern Iraq March 25, 2003.
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to fly to Washington on
March 26, 2003 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. REUTERS/POOL/MOD-Cpl Paul Jarvis

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