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Blair tells troops Iraq war was "defining moment"
BASRA, Iraq (AFP) May 29, 2003
 British Prime Minister Tony Blair called the Iraq war one of the "defining moments of the century" on Thursday, during the first visit by a coalition leader to the war-torn country.

Blair, thanking British troops here for their role in ousting Saddam Hussein, said they had taken part in "a momentous and mighty act" in freeing the country from the strongman.

"The liberation from Saddam is one huge thing, a momentous and mighty act for the people of Iraq, which you did and of which you should be proud," he said.

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