Pope urges Iraq to cooperate

Published March 17, 2003

VATICAN CITY, March 16: Pope John Paul on Sunday made one of his strongest appeals for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis, warning of “tremendous consequences” if war broke out in Iraq.

“The political leaders in Baghdad have the urgent duty to collaborate fully with the international community, to eliminate any motive for an armed attack,” the pope said at his weekly Angelus address in St Peter’s Square.—Agencies

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