http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/mandela-breathed-fire-over-britains-role-in-iraq-2077555.htmlNelson Mandela expressed fury to the British government over Britain's decision to join with the Americans in invading Iraq, it emerged yesterday.
The former South African president picked up the phone and called London to spell out his anger about the decision to join the US-led mission to topple Saddam Hussein.
He might be famed for his politeness, but in an extraordinary call to a member of Mr Blair's Cabinet, Peter Hain, Mr Mandela's angry feelings boiled over.
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Details of the call are disclosed in a new biography of Mr Mandela by Mr Hain, a long-standing friend who was Welsh Secretary at the time.
Nelson Mandela 'felt betrayed by Tony Blair over decision to join Iraq invasion'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/12/nelson-mandela-tony-blair-peter-hain-iraq-invasion
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