Blair, on Surprise Visit to Baghdad, Backs Election
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Protected by U.S. Black Hawk  helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Baghdad on Tuesday  in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost  prospects for Iraqi elections in January.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  British troops would stay in Iraq "until the job is done" and  pledged full support for the country's weak government during  an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit and said his country's troops will remain in Iraq "until the job is done."
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Just hours after a surprise visit to Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Israel to launch a new push for peace. Blair met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Tel Aviv.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad on Tuesday to meet Iraqi  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for Iraq's  elections scheduled for January.
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British officials said they expected  all foreign combat troops to withdraw from Iraq within four  years, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Baghdad  to show support to its new government on Monday.
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Tony Blair said on Wednesday he believed Iraq would not be the decisive issue when Britons come to vote at next year's expected election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain visited Baghdad under heavy security today, an unannounced trip that coincided with an attack on an American military base
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LONDON, OCTOBER 21: Britain agreed on Thursday to send troops to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically perilous step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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Blair flew into the Iraqi capital Tuesday morning on a British military transport plane from Jordan. He took a helicopter to the city center for talks with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair praises embattled election officials as heroes of the new Iraq, as he visits Baghdad
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to lend support to the Iraqi government, which is under pressure from Washington to do more to stem worsening violence.
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Iraq s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met on Sunday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for talks likely to be dominated by the need to improve security before Iraq s January elections.
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In a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday, British prime minister Tony Blair said the successful staging of next month&#39;s elections would be a blow not only to Iraqi insurgents but also to world terrorism.
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Protected by US Black Hawk helicopters, Tony Blair has flown into Baghdad in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost prospects for Iraqi elections in January.
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THE re-election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise trip today to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Blair&#39;s trip to Baghdad wasn&#39;t announced in advance for security reasons.