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JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2003 - AUSLAND - ENGLANDS PREMIERMINISTER BESUCHT IRAK: The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is greeted by school children in Basra, Iraq, Thursday, May 29, 2003. Mr Blair, who touched down in an RAF Hercules C130 plane after flying to the southern Iraqi city from Kuwait, became the first western leader to visit the country since hostilities ceased six weeks ago, saying he wanted to give his and the nation's thanks to the British forces - about 20,000 of which are still based in Iraq. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/PA/Stefan Rousseau) [BAS04]