A Last Chance for Peace?

This just in from Zenit:

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VATICAN DOSSIER

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Pope Working on a Deal for Saddam's Exile, Reports Say
Plan Would Also Give Amnesty to Top Iraqi Military Officials

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 10, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Vatican officials say that John Paul II is trying to broker a deal to have Saddam Hussein accept exile and thus avoid an Iraq-U.S. war, a magazine reported.

"God willing, war may still be averted, even at this apparently late hour," one Vatican official told Inside the Vatican magazine. "We are still hopeful."
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