The leader of the world'sAnglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, used hisfirst Christmas address today to attack the British andAmerican governments over possible war with Iraq.
In a speech broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the new Church ofEngland leader criticised politicians for missing "the huge andobvious things and wreak(ing) yet more havoc and suffering."
In a thinly veiled attack on US President George Bushand staunch ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he said itwas those that society regarded as "wise men" who couldn't help"making the most immense mistakes of all".
Archbishop Williams' pre-recorded speech broadcast just after midnightfollowed a day of appeals by church leaders against war withIraq.
Religious leaders from Pope John Paul II to Cardinal CormacMurphy-O'Connor, the leader of Roman Catholics in England andWales, used their Christmas speeches to urge peaceful solutionsto the standoff.