British intelligence prevents assassination attempt on Pope Francis in Iraq
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During Pope Francis' visit to Iraq in 2021, British intelligence prevented a terrorist attack. Suicide bombers, including a woman with explosives, were planning an attack in Mosul.
An attack on Pope Francis was foiled during his trip to Iraq in 2021, an event the Pope now describes in his upcoming autobiography, titled Hope.
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Pope Francis said in his autobiography that British intelligence prevented an assassination attempt by Islamists during the pontiff's visit to Iraq in 2021.
Here is what Francis says :
Shortly after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, it was reported that a suicide bombing attack was being prepared for an event with the participation of the pontiff in the city of Mosul.
But this plan was uncovered by British intelligence agents who provided all the information to the Iraqi police. The latter informed the assistants to the head of the Catholic Church.
The assassination attempt on the Pope was planned by kamikazes, including a young woman who arrived in Mosul packed with explosives.
A young woman, a suicide bomber with explosives, was on her way to Mosul to blow herself up during the papal visit. A van was also heading there at high speed with the same mission
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The Pope's three-day visit to Iraq took place during the coronavirus pandemic and was the first-ever trip to the country by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. It was accompanied by a large-scale security operation.
In the previous years, confrontation between different communities in Iraq had escalated, including the armed struggle between Shiites and Sunnis and the persecution of religious minorities.
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