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ISIS: Death and Destruction

The Rev. Canon Andrew White, profiled in The Living Church earlier this year, spoke earlier this week with BBC Radio 4’s World at One program.

“I left Iraq yesterday,” the vicar of Bagdhad said. “The danger there is immense.”

“You cannot deal with this evil Islamic State group. They are impossible to engage with, or dialogue with, or try and sort out any solution with. They are about death and destruction.”

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