(Top) A unanimous vote: US, UK and Syria ambassadors to the UN vote on Resolution 1441 (photo: AP); (above) an F-14D Tomcat departs from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Gulf, 11 November. Pilots abroad the Lincold, the only US carrier now in the Gulf, say their regular bombing of targets in Iraq, during patrols of the no-fly zone, is giving them invaluable practice should a full-scale conflict break out (photo: Reuters)