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Readers back anti-war motion after day-long debate </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="#" onclick="javascript: void window.open('/nol/shared/bsp/hi/live_events/html/thewindow_v0t1.html', 'live_event', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=350,left=280,top=100');" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39034000/jpg/_39034405_smoke_promo.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Ask the experts</b><br/> Iraq war: Quiz BBC correspondents 1245GMT/1345BST </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> </tr> </table> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="416" valign="top"> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> ANALYSIS </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2906101.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="US marine" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39031000/jpg/_39031921_usmarine66indexap.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2906101.stm" class="shl"> Moving up to Baghdad </a> <br clear="all"/> </div> <div class="o"> The US-led campaign is developing with air strikes and some ground movement. </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2904531.stm"> Saddam courts Iraqi nationalism </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2904103.stm"> Asymmetric warfare </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2904781.stm"> Rumsfeld rejects criticism </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2904073.stm"> US media under fire </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2897365.stm"> US-Turkey links under strain </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2904647.stm"> Hunting for illegal weapons </a> <br/> </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> DESPATCHES </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2905099.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Specialist Eric Brugman at Camp Cobra" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39035000/jpg/_39035949_brugman66.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2905099.stm" class="shl"> Patriot missile unit stays on target </a> <br clear="all"/> </div> <div class="o"> Ryan Dilley meets the unit in charge of anti-missile defences at Camp Cobra. </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2904889.stm"> Texans fly the flag for war </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2904751.stm"> Marsh Arabs pray for peace </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2904839.stm"> Warm welcome for UK troops </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2902527.stm"> Baghdad loyalty fails to waver </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2903875.stm"> China allows limited war protests </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2903597.stm"> German Muslims deplore war </a> <br/> </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td width="213" valign="top"> <table width="213" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> UK PERSPECTIVE </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2905687.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="A British troop takes a break at the ruins of Basra" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39036000/jpg/_39036151_troop66.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2905687.stm" class="shl"> Patient British hopes for Basra </a> <br clear="all"/> </div> <div class="o"> The BBC's Caroline Wyatt reports on UK troops' strategy for Basra and the south. </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2904909.stm"> Coalition 'will beat villains label' </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2901515.stm"> Troops' anger over 'friendly fire' </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2902039.stm"> The propaganda battle </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2896965.stm"> UK forces' peacekeeping lessons </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2903533.stm"> Oily film settles on soldiers </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/03/british_casualties/html/default.stm"> UK casualties in Iraq </a> <br/> </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> </tr> </table> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_iraq_key_maps/html/daily_strikes/link1.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38819000/gif/_38819829_navigator_6666.gif"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Key maps</b><br/> Military action, air bases, oil fields and weapons sites </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2905873.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39028000/gif/_39028521_iraqdaily26666.gif"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Media comment</b><br/> How the Arab and Iraqi media view the conflict </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2878221.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Soldiers take up positions" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39028000/jpg/_39028183_war_promo_nu.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Ask the experts</b><br/> You put your questions on the Iraq war to our panel of guests </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2003/military_fact_files/default.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38819000/gif/_38819993_military_factfiles_6666.gif"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Military fact files</b><br/> An in-depth guide to forces and firepower </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_iraq_timeline/html/default.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38819000/gif/_38819953_timeline_6666.gif"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Timeline</b><br/> Key dates and events in Saddam Hussein's Iraq </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2861721.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38980000/jpg/_38980659_essayspromo.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Interactive essays</b><br/> Watch and read the experts' views on the conflict with Iraq </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="416" valign="top"> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> BACKGROUND </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2895845.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39023000/jpg/_39023015_trcuk_6649.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2895845.stm" class="shl"> Supply lines vital to US campaign </a> <br clear="all"/> </div> <div class="o"> BBC News Online looks at the logistics power behind the US military advance in Iraq. </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2888989.stm"> Flashback: Iraqi revolt of 1991 </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2895793.stm"> Tony Blair's unlikely partnership </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2886163.stm"> Saddam Hussein's power base </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2885179.stm"> How 'embedded' reporters work </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401125207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2881835.stm"> Karbala, Najaf: Shia holy cities </a> <br/> </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="o"> <div class="mph"> RESOURCES </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="nlp"> PROFILES </div> <div class="ddt"></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2248384.stm">Saddam Hussein</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2246322.stm">George W Bush</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2852561.stm">Tony Blair</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2268819.stm">Hans Blix</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2596447.stm">M ElBaradei </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2246150.stm">Colin Powell</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2247256.stm">Donald Rumsfeld</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2247116.stm">Dick Cheney</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2246262.stm">Condoleezza Rice</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2236137.stm">Uday and Qusay</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2360769.stm">Naji Sabri</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2860161.stm">Iraqi commanders</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2174293.stm">Iraq who's who</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1881381.stm">Iraqi opposition</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2480197.stm">Jalal Talabani</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2480149.stm">Massoud Barzani</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2247600.stm">Scott Ritter</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2266978.stm">Tariq Aziz</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2855349.stm">'Chemical Ali'</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2333927.stm">Izzat Ibrahim</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2333287.stm">Taha Y Ramadan</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2286537.stm">Nizar al-Khazraj</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2299155.stm">Wafiq Samarra'i</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2316745.stm">Sharif Ali</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2597943.stm">Kurdish parties</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2802053.stm">US 'governors'</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2783989.stm">Iraq population</option> <option 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value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2795917.stm">French proposal</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2412837.stm">Resolution 1441</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2774103.stm">EU declaration 1</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2729525.stm">Powell at UN 5/2</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2700211.stm">Blix report I</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2763653.stm">Blix report II</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2701383.stm">ElB'dei report I</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2763303.stm">ElB'dei rept II</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2726831.stm">Saddam interview</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2533897.stm">UK Iraq dossier</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2468487.stm">Iraq letter</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2309049.stm">Bush speech 8/10</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2002/conflict_with_iraq/2281452.stm">Blair dossier</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2296223.stm">Iraq's response</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2254712.stm">Bush's UN speech</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2263455.stm">Iraq letter/UN</option> </select> <input border="0" type="image" src="/web/20030401125207im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif" value="GO"> </td></tr></form></table> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="3" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401125207im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif"/><br/> <div class="nlp"> REGIONAL NEIGHBOURS </div> <div 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