British PM makes surprise visit to Iraq
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit to meet political leaders and show support for fragile attempts to stem the country's seemingly unstoppable bloodshed.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki left Baghdad for London on Saturday for a medical check-up.
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Conservative leader David Cameron has arrived in Iraq, where he is visiting British troops based in Basra.
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Prime minister designate Gordon Brown has arrived in Baghdad and met Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki, state telivision said Monday.
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PM in waiting uses surprise trip to Iraq to pledge that security and intelligence would in future be kept independent of the political process.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is visiting British troops in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Flanked by machine gun-toting guards, Iraq's prime minister ventured out of the Green Zone to tour parts of Baghdad on Friday, chatting on the streets with bystanders and police to demonstrate the U.S.-led crackdown is making progress in restoring order.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday, urging Iraqis to support national elections and describing violence here as a "battle between democracy and terror."
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Iraq on an unannounced stop in his Middle East tour and pledged his continued support for the new Iraqi government against those who seek to derail it.
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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Travelling with Tony Blair to the Middle East, the BBC&#39;s James Landale has the latest on the prime minister&#39;s surprise visit.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday, notably discussing the plight of five Britons seized in Baghdad last year, Brown's office said.
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British PM in Baghdad to discuss Iraqâs January elections with Allawi as violence shows no signs of abating in Iraq. By Peter Walker - BAGHDAD.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday, notably discussing the plight of five Britons seized in Baghdad last year, Brown's office said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made an unannounced trip to Iraq, where he held meetings with top British and Iraqi officials in the northern city of Kirkuk before travelling to Kurdistan.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Protected by U.S. Black Hawk  helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq on Tuesday in  a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost  prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before  Christmas.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on his arrival in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in this image made from television.