Subject: Churches unite to denounce war on Iraq
From: Otis Willie 
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:59:36 GMT

Churches unite to denounce war on Iraq

(EXCERPT) By Philip Webster and Ruth Gledhill

AMERICA and Britain are given a sombre warning today against drifting
into war with Iraq without clear evidence that President Saddam
Hussein is still making chemical and biological weapons.

With church leaders uniting on Christmas Day to urge the two
Governments to pull back from war, President Bush and Tony Blair are
told that pressing on without proof would risk loss of world support,
impose unbearable strains on Arab governments and increase terrorism.

Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats, calls in a letter to
The Times for a blanket search by weapons experts to determine whether
Saddam has disarmed u in which case war would be avoided u or discover
firm evidence that he is constructing and deploying weapons of mass
destruction.

Mr KennedyAEs letter, supported, By senior colleagues including
Baroness Williams of Crosby, is an indication of growing political
concern that the prospect of imminent conflict appears to be
hardening, even though the weapons inspectors have so far failed to
uncover incriminating evidence. It will also raise the Liberal
DemocratsAE profile as the party most sceptical of the GovernmentAEs
stance on the war.

At the same time, the leaders of both the Anglican and Roman Catholic
Churches issued appeals for caution. The incoming Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, recalled the story of the Wise Men as
he mocked strategists who end up creating oyet more havoc and
sufferingoe in spite of their intimate knowledge...

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