Vatican denies plans to assist Saddam Hussein's exile

The Holy See Press Office Director, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, told journalists today that a report circulated in some media "concerning a presumed initiative aimed at obtaining exile for President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, an initiative that would find agreement between the Holy See and several Arab countries" was untrue. He said: 'I categorically deny this. This information is totally baseless'. source: VIS