Spoetnik
20-09-05, 16:57
'Brits must apologise for Iraq war'
The British public should apologise for the war in Iraq because the government has failed to do so, a report by the Church of England says.
The document calls for a "truth and reconciliation" meeting with Muslim groups in which church leaders can publicly acknowledge the West's responsibility for the country's descent into anarchy.
It says the apology would be a "public act of institutional repentance" on behalf of all those in Britain who did not support the war.
The report, entitled Countering Terrorism-Power, Violence and Democracy-Post 9/11, was written by a working-group within the policy-forming House of Bishops, and was headed by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1236158.cms
The British public should apologise for the war in Iraq because the government has failed to do so, a report by the Church of England says.
The document calls for a "truth and reconciliation" meeting with Muslim groups in which church leaders can publicly acknowledge the West's responsibility for the country's descent into anarchy.
It says the apology would be a "public act of institutional repentance" on behalf of all those in Britain who did not support the war.
The report, entitled Countering Terrorism-Power, Violence and Democracy-Post 9/11, was written by a working-group within the policy-forming House of Bishops, and was headed by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1236158.cms