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June 20, 2011

British Peace Activist Brian Haw Dies at 62 
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The British peace activist Brian Haw has died at the age of 62. For the
past decade Haw lived and slept outside the Houses of Parliament in
London to protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He began his
protest in June 2001 to protest the Western sanctions against Iraq. He
was a vocal critic of former British prime minister, Tony Blair.

	
		
Brian Haw, activist: “I voted for Mr. Tony Blair the first time along
with many people in my country. He was the big white hope wasn’t he?
After Thatcher, the war monger, and we hoped for something better
didn’t we? ‘I’m Christian Tony, I am going to do right by
everyone.’ Have you seen what he’s done.”

	


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