Blair Urges Support for Iraq Government
British Prime Minister Tony Blair took his Middle East peace tour to Iraq on Sunday, urging support for its fragile government and seeking to draw the violence-wracked country into his vision of a global battle against extremism. Standing in front of a Lynx helicopter in a cavernous hangar, Blair told some of the 7,000 British troops serving in southern Iraq they were fighting on behalf of “people of tolerance and moderation” around the world. Full Story