Opinion / Columnist
Was TB Joshua Right? - Iraq Ambassador claims ISIS plans to assassinate the Pope
17 Sep 2014 at 17:30hrs | Views
A few weeks back, TB Joshua said the pope should be prayed for. He didn't give details but said he sees danger. Well, the Prime Minister of Iraq is revealing that there are serious threats to the Pope's life by the dreaded ISIS.
Habeeb Al Sadr, Iraq's ambassador to the Holy See issued the stark warning today after Vatican officials insisted there was no threat to his safety - and said he will not ride in the bulletproof 'Popemobile' of his predecessor Benedict XVI.
Mr Al Sadr, told Italian paper, La Nazione: "Threats against the Pope are credible. Public statements and crimes against Christianity by Isis are a fact. Just put two and two together. Let me be clear, I am not aware of specific facts or operational projects. But what has been said by the self-declared "Islamic state" terrorists is clear. They want to kill the Pope....
"I think they could try to hit him during his travels or even in Rome, because there are members of ISIS who are not Arabs but also Canadians, Americans, French, British and Italian.
"This gang of criminals does not merely threaten. In Iraq they have violated or destroyed some of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. They have hit places of worship in the Yazidi religion and Christianity. They forced 150,00 Christians to flee Mosul."
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Lee Seung can be contacted at lseung99@gmail.com
Habeeb Al Sadr, Iraq's ambassador to the Holy See issued the stark warning today after Vatican officials insisted there was no threat to his safety - and said he will not ride in the bulletproof 'Popemobile' of his predecessor Benedict XVI.
"I think they could try to hit him during his travels or even in Rome, because there are members of ISIS who are not Arabs but also Canadians, Americans, French, British and Italian.
"This gang of criminals does not merely threaten. In Iraq they have violated or destroyed some of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. They have hit places of worship in the Yazidi religion and Christianity. They forced 150,00 Christians to flee Mosul."
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Lee Seung can be contacted at lseung99@gmail.com
Source - Lee Seung
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