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Church head slams U.S., UK on Iraq« Thread Started on Dec 23

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Church head slams U.S., UK on Iraq« Thread Started on Dec 23, 2006, 11:34am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Church head slams U.S., UK on IraqPOSTED: 1438 GMT (2238 HKT), December 23, 2006 LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The spiritual head of the Anglican Church launched an outspoken attack on the British and U.S. governments on Saturday, saying their "ignorant" policy in Iraq has put Christians in the region at risk.Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans, said Christians were being attacked and forced to flee the Middle East because their countrymen saw them as supporters of a "crusading West.""This Christmas, pray for the little town of Bethlehem, and spare a thought for those who have been put at risk by our short-sightedness and ignorance," Williams wrote in an article for the London Times newspaper.read at source> http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast ... index.html