<Mr Blair said the next few weeks would be 'the most testing time' for the coalition.

I'm not sure that is a hint at the use of ground troops. The pressure on the coalition seems to me to be the heavy bombing and the attendant collateral damage. If the air strikes are restricted to close ground support and we are fighting on the ground, I would expect less pressure.

Where we would start having problems with the coalition might be starting simultaneous air assaults on Somalian camps.

Of course we are going to be on the ground sooner or later and that may be exactly what he is talking about. Just a S.W.A.G. on my part.