Pope Francis, on his 88th birthday, revealed in his upcoming autobiography that suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq. British intelligence alerted Iraqi authorities of the plot, foiling the attack before it could be carried out.
Mosul and Aqra Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, left, waves as he stands next to Pope Francis at the start of a gathering to pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn't make it.
In the book, Francis said he later asked his Vatican security detail what became of the suicide bombers. A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.
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