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Reaching out - Tony Blair meets school children in Basra

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The prime minister gets a kiss from a young Iraqi in Basra

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Tony Blair meets General Peter Wall - GOC 1 Armoured Division

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Blair told the troops the country was united in admiration for the job they had done

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Tony Blair addressed a group of servicemen in Basra

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Blair took a Chinook helicopter to the port of Umm Qasr, where he met British troops