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  • Rowan Williams attacks Government over Iraq war

    10/14/2009 5:04:49 PM PDT · by americanophile · 15 replies · 1,263+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 09 Oct 2009 | Neil Tweedie
    Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, mounted a direct attack on the Government over the invasion and occupation of Iraq when he used a national memorial service commemorating the servicemen killed in the conflict to accuse Tony Blair and his ministers of failing to “measure the price” of military action. Delivering his address in St Paul's Cathedral before a congregation including the Queen, Gordon Brown and Mr Blair himself, the spiritual head of the Church of England accused the former prime minister of indulging in rhetoric before the 2003 invasion, while leaving ordinary servicemen and women to pick up the...