Plot to assassinate Pope Francis with suicide bomb in Iraq foiled by British spies

During Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq, British agents stopped a suicide bombing attempt.

Plans to assassinate the Pope while on the trip were leaked to the Iraqi government by UK intelligence services.

In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Hope, which will be published next year, the Pope disclosed the episode.

He claimed that upon his arrival in Baghdad, they had been informed that a woman had been traveling to Mosul while wearing a suicide vest with the intention of taking her own life during the pope visit.

In the same direction, with the same objective, a truck loaded with explosives was found.

Due to security concerns and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, his visit to Iraq was the first by a pope and was fraught with danger.

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He claimed that the two devices had been detonated by Iraqi police before they could get to him.

When the Pope asked the (Vatican) Gendarmerie the next day what was known about the two bombers, the commander said, “They are no longer there,” according to an item in the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.

They had been intercepted and detonated by the Iraqi police.

I found that to be really stunning as well.

This was another example of the poisoned fruit of conflict.

Since taking over as head of the Catholic church in 2013, Pope Francis, who is currently 88, has traveled overseas more than 40 times.

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