Pope critical of War in Iraq

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Pope: Enough With Slaughters in Iraq

By NICOLE WINFIELD (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press

March 16, 2008 9:20 PM EDT

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul.

The pope also denounced the five-year-long war, saying it had provoked the complete breakup of Iraqi civilian life.

"Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!" Benedict said to applause at the end of his Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.

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