News flash: Konrad Raiser criticizes moral and religious arguments to legitimize war against Iraq

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For immediate release: 8 April 2003

Konrad Raiser criticizes moral and religious arguments to legitimize war against Iraq

The question of the legitimacy of the US-led coalition forces' decision to use military force to disarm Iraq, including the attempt to use moral and religious arguments to justify that decision, is addressed by Konrad Raiser, World Council of Churches' general secretary, in an opinion piece published on Tuesday, 8 April by the International Herald Tribune.

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