Vatican: Inspection in Iraq should cover Israel
Regional-Vatican, Politics, 12/18/2002

The Vatican yesterday said the operations of the international inspection in Iraq should also include other countries like Israel "which the UN had taken a decision against it that has been forgotten."

The Vatican also stressed that the "fighting of brothers taking place in the holy lands on daily basis" requires embarking on a policy "based on honoring man's dignity and rights."

The chairman of the Papal council for Justice and peace "archbishop Renato Martino said upon introducing the message of Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the "world day for peace" which is celebrated on January 1st that "the preventive war is an aggressive war and does not come in the context of a just war," in remarks to the "preventive" war planned by the US against Iraq.

He added that the international inspection operations in Iraq should also target other countries. He said that regarding the inspection operations in Israel, "the UN had taken a decision concerning it is forgotten." He said that the campaign against terrorism should not be made at the expense of "human rights."

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