Desmond Tutu boycotts Tony Blair

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http://za.news.yahoo.com/africas-tutu-sn...44459.html

Quote:Peace icon Desmond Tutu on Tuesday said he would boycott an event in protest at sharing a stage with former British leader Tony Blair over his "morally indefensible" support of the US-led Iraqi invasion.

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indeed, well done.
Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...blair-iraq

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and:

We're one crucial step closer to seeing Tony Blair at The Hague
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...e-iraq-war
read the second, but not the first yet Smile

much as i applaud him, wonder why hes waited til now to say anything?
or is it that he wasnt reported?

i read somewhere that blair was getting £150k for speaking at the thing tutu was doing for free. just despicable. were still paying for his security.

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