Hoon & Boyce - Casualties Press Briefing
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1156 x 1613 px | 19.6 x 27.3 cm | 7.7 x 10.8 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
21 March 2003Location:
LONDON UKPhotographer:
John StillwellMore information:
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Geoff Hoon (left) the Minister of Defence with Admiral Sir Michael Boyce the Chief of the Defence staff, talking about the first British casualties suffered in the Iraq war, at a press briefing in central London. Coalition forces are on the outskirts of Iraq s second largest city Basra, *...the UK's Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce said. Addressing the first of regular Ministry of Defence briefings on the progress of the war, Sir Michael gave details of British commandos' capture of the Al Faw peninsula and its vital oil infrastructure, as well as the American seizure of the strategically important nearby port town of Umm Qasr.