UEFA to monitor Iraq situation ahead of games

UEFA have no plans to postpone any of this month's Euro 2004 qualifiers despite the looming threat of war in Iraq.

UEFA have no plans to postpone any of this month's Euro 2004 qualifiers despite the looming threat of war in Iraq.

But European football's governing body will react on a game-by-game basis if security worries increase.

The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and England have away fixtures on March 29th.

Brian Kerr's side take on Georgia in Tbilisi on the Saturday while England take on Liechtenstein and Northern Ireland travel to Armenia.

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Wales and Scotland have home games against Azerbaijan and Iceland.

"We always keep a very close eye on the international security situation and, obviously, we hope that all the games will go ahead as scheduled," a UEFA spokesman said today.

"We're evaluating the situation but at this stage the games are to go ahead as planned."