{"id":204772,"date":"2024-12-18T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-francis-reveals-he-was-almost-assassinated-in-iraq-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:17","slug":"pope-francis-reveals-he-was-almost-assassinated-in-iraq-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-francis-reveals-he-was-almost-assassinated-in-iraq-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis reveals he was almost assassinated in Iraq | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/j8EDP95fwkg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis reveals he was almost assassinated in Iraq | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8EDP95fwkg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis was the subject of a foiled assassination plot involving a suicide bomber during a trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to his new memoir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost everyone advised me against that trip,\u201d the Pope wrote in his autobiography Spera (Hope). The trip was the first ever by a pope to Iraq. <\/p>\n<p>He was visiting Mosul, Iraq\u2019s second-largest city and former stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group from 2014 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#US #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis was the subject of a foiled assassination plot involving a suicide bomber during a trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to his new memoir. \u201cAlmost everyone advised me against that trip,\u201d the Pope wrote in his autobiography Spera (Hope). The trip was the first ever by a pope to Iraq. 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