“The Pope said that he avoided a double assassination attempt during a visit to Iraq in 2021 In his new autobiography, Pope Francis spoke about the attempted terrorist attack against him in Iraq in 2021. British intelligence warned of suicide bombers, who were later neutralized by the Iraqi police.”, — write on: unn.ua
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According to Pope Rysky, he was strongly advised not to go to Iraq in March 2021, because then the covid pandemic was raging, especially in the city of Mosul, where he was going.
However, the Pope said he would continue his trip. As soon as Francis arrived in Baghdad, British intelligence informed the Iraqi police about the planned terrorist attacks. One of the suicide bombers was a woman who was on her way to Mosul to blow herself up during the papal visit.
Francis later asked Vatican security what happened to the suicide bombers. “The commander replied succinctly: ‘They are no longer here.’ The Iraqi police intercepted them and forced them to detonate. This also struck me: even this is a poisonous fruit of war,” his book says.
Francis continued his three-day trip to six Iraqi cities, saying at the time that he was traveling as a “pilgrim of peace”. He was guarded by 10,000 Iraqi policemen, and a curfew was introduced in the country to limit the spread of Covid-19.
We will remind
During his visit to Corsica, Pope Francis prayed for peace, calling Ukrainians and Russians brothers. The pontiff called for mutual understanding between nations, stressing that war is always a defeat.