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[News] Archbishop Rowan Williams on Iraq: typically orotund, typically ...: Perhaps some Christian leader might have the courage to condemn the views of the trendy elite and criticise those who were against the Iraq War while believing,together with all the intelligence agencies of the world including the French and Russian, and also many of Sadam’s own generals, that not only was Sadam a dictator who had murdered hundreds of thousands of his own people and waged war on his neighbours, but that he had Weapons of Mass Destruction. That none were found does not alter that situation.

[News | The Independent UK] News | The Independent UK - Blair listens as Archbishop condemns ...: Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury (self-described "hairy lefty"), was early to voice his deep doubts as to the wisdom of military action. He has stuck firmly and confidently to that line, and been arguably more effective in voicing and mobilising opposition than has the nascent anti-war movement.

[eChurchWebsites Christian Blog covering the news, politics, media, law, religion, science, medical, education, internet, technology, Israel and more for the Church] Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, mounted a direct ...: More than 2,000 men and women from the Armed Forces attended the service, which followed the formal conclusion of Operation Telic, the name given to the invasion and occupation of Iraq between March 2003 and April of this year. They were joined by relatives of the dead and 12 members of the Royal Family attended, led by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh and including the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William.

[Military News Feed] MoD News - Iraq War 'Policy Makers' Criticised: He said: "The conflict in Iraq will, for a long time yet, exercise the historians, the moralists, the international experts. In a world as complicated as ours has become, it would be a very rash person who would feel able to say without hesitation, this was absolutely the right or the wrong thing to do, the right or the wrong place to be."

[Signs of the Times] Tony Blair branded 'war criminal' after Iraq memorial service ...: "The conflict in Iraq will, for a long time yet, exercise the historians, the moralists, the international experts. In a world as complicated as ours has become, it would be a very rash person who would feel able to say without hesitation, this was absolutely the right or the wrong thing to do, the right or the wrong place to be."

[Raw Story] Blair snubbed for having 'blood on his hands' | Raw Story: Peter Brierley, whose 28-year-old son Shaun died in March 2003, refused to shake Blair's hand when he offered it, telling the ex premier: "I'm not shaking your hand, you've got blood on it."

[Gentle Wisdom] Gentle Wisdom» Blog Archive » Archbishop preaches to Queen, Blair ...: The implication behind these words seems to be that during the Iraq conflict short cuts were taken, indeed perhaps that the whole western invasion of Iraq was a short cut and “letting ends justify means”. So the Archbishop was suggesting that Satan tempted our political leaders, in the UK context primarily Tony Blair but with Gordon Brown then his right hand man, into launching this invasion, and the leaders gave in to this temptation.

[News | The Independent UK] News | The Independent UK - Williams cites the Devil in attack on ...: And when such conflict appeared on the horizon, there were those among both policymakers and commentators who were able to talk about it without really measuring the price, the cost of justice." Gordon Brown and Geoff Hoon, who were members of the Blair cabinet at the time of the invasion, were among those who heard the Archbishop question the spiritual and moral authority of the nation's leaders.

[Breaking News] Queen, prime minister attend service of commemoration for British ...: Prince Charles to attend D-Day ceremonyLONDON ”” Prince Charles will attend this week's 65th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings, royal officials said Tuesday, in an attempt to defuse a cross-Channel spat over France's alleged failure to invite his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Charles' office announced he would attend, alongside President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after days of outrage by British veterans and commentators over the omission of the queen, who is Britain's head of state and supreme commander of its armed forces.

[Federal Union] Federal Union: Justice and peace: “The conflict in Iraq will, for a long time yet, exercise the historians, the moralists, the international experts. In a world as complicated as ours has become, it would be a very rash person who would feel able to say without hesitation, this was absolutely the right or the wrong thing to do, the right or the wrong place to be.”

[PuppetGov] Tony Blair called 'war criminal' after Iraq memorial service ...: “The conflict in Iraq will, for a long time yet, exercise the historians, the moralists, the international experts. In a world as complicated as ours has become, it would be a very rash person who would feel able to say without hesitation, this was absolutely the right or the wrong thing to do, the right or the wrong place to be.”

[精心精细精彩的BLOG] Tony Blair has 'blood on his hands', says father o_踏中西文化背 ...: Mr Blair,who has repeatedly defended his decision to lead Britaininto the conflict, was rebuked by Mr Brierley at a reception for guestswho attended a commemorationservice marking the end of the Iraq campaign andhonouring the 179 British personnel who diedduring the six-year conflict.

[Tents of Issachar] The Shining Face « Tents of Issachar: “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face shone and sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold the skin of his face shone, and they feared to come near him.

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