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August 29, 2012

Tutu Drops Out of Event over Inclusion of Former U.K. PM Tony Blair 
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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pulled out of a conference in
Johannesburg over the involvement of former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair. On Tuesday, Tutu said it would be "morally indefensible" to
appear alongside Blair due to Blair's support for the U.S.-led invasion
of Iraq. Blair helped peddle the George W. Bush administration's false
contention that Iraq had chemical weapons and was the United States'
biggest military partner during the invasion. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize
laureate, said through his office that he reached the decision after
"wrestling with his conscience and taking counsel."

 

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