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Tony Blair should face trial over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/02/tony-blair-iraq-war-desmond-tutuTony Blair should face trial over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu
Anti-apartheid hero attacks former prime minister over 'double standards on war crimes'
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called for Tony Blair and George Bush to be hauled before the international criminal court in The Hague and delivered a damning critique of the physical and moral devastation caused by the Iraq war.
Tutu, a Nobel peace prize winner and hero of the anti-apartheid movement, accuses the former British and US leaders of lying about weapons of mass destruction and says the invasion left the world more destabilised and divided "than any other conflict in history".
Writing in the Observer, Tutu also suggests the controversial US and UK-led action to oust Saddam Hussein in 2003 created the backdrop for the civil war in Syria and a possible wider Middle East conflict involving Iran.
The World knows we are bullies and Bush destroyed our credibility around the world
