US Vice President Dick Cheney has arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for an unannounced visit, on the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion.
Mr Cheney was expected to meet the top US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, and the US ambassador to the country, Ryan Crocker.
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The visit came as Mr Cheney began a 10-day tour of the Middle East.
He is due to hold talks with leaders in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Turkey.
Oman had been scheduled to be the first stop on Mr Cheney's tour, but on Sunday night he left the vice presidential plane Air Force Two in England and boarded a C-17 flight to the Iraqi capital.
Mr Cheney landed at Baghdad International Airport, before flying by helicopter to the Green Zone for talks with Iraqi leaders and US officials.
It is his third vice presidential trip to Iraq, where 160,000 American troops are deployed and the US death toll is nearing 4,000.
(BBC)
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