And, yes, I DO take it personally: Blair visits British troops in Iraq for the 4th time; George lets Uncle Dick do it

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Blair visits British troops in Iraq for the 4th time; George lets Uncle Dick do it

george has made only one visit to iraq when he served cardboard turkey to the troops on thanksgiving 2003...

Tony Blair flew into Basra today for a surprise Christmas visit to British troops in Iraq.

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Mr Blair has visited Iraq at least four times since the end of the 2003 war, three times in the run-up to Christmas.