OFF DUTY BRITISH SOLDIERS RELAX IN THE KUWAITI DESERT, 2003-03-16 (photo)

Off duty soldiers of the British 1st Batallion The Parachute Regiment relax with a game of football as colleagues carry out laundry duty at their camp, Concentration Area Eagle 2 in the Kuwaiti desert March 16, 2003. U.S. President Bush, British Prime President Blair, and Spanish Prime Minister Aznar have a meeting in the Azores on Sunday, which many U.N. diplomats seet as signalling the countdown to war as Iraq goes onto a war footing by dividing the country into four military zones in a move aimed at "destroying any foreign aggression". REUTERS/Chris Ison/POOL