Pope wants US out of Iraq immediately

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ROME : Pope John Paul II piled pressure on US president George W Bush over Iraq when they met on Friday while beyond the walls of the Vatican City more rowdy anti-war protesters attempted to disrupt the US president’s visit to Rome

During a three-day trip to Italy and France , Mr Bush will seek international support for his Iraq mission and commemorate the June 1944 liberation of Rome and the D-Day invasion of Normandy .

The Pope, who strongly opposed the US-led war in Iraq , spoke of his concern for the “grave unrest” in the Middle East and called for the “speedy return of Iraq ’s sovereignty”.

“It is the evident desire of everyone that this situation now be normalised as quickly as possible with the active participation of the international community and, in particular, the United Nations Organization,” the Pope said. Mr Bush said his government would work for “human liberty and human dignity”.

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