An article I found after seeing the story on CNN this morning... Canon White came to Wheaton last fall and talked to my IR class, and I got to talk with him one on one a little after class. He's a little crazy--he talks like a drunk British sailor. :] Such an amazing man--he worked for years for peace between Palestine and Israel, negotiating on first name basis with Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon. Since the invasion he has now been the only vicor of an Anglican church in Baghdad, which he told us all about. He has a great talent for using his religious position to work for peace--he's grounded, but a visionary at the same time. And now, after working so hard and risking so much, he gets pushed back to Britain...
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He changed my life. This was the guy who spoke at chapel my freshman year, after which I quite ROTC...
He told a funny story one of the times I heard him. His kids like new Yasir Arafat (I guess he sent them gifts or something), and like they would walk around his house with like red towels or something calling themselves Mr. Arafat. Not like he was a good role model, but hearing him tell the story in his british accent was hilarious.
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