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Vatican terms war against Iraq as aggression


VATICAN CITY, Dec 17: A senior Vatican prelate on Tuesday condemned any
so-called "preventive war" against Iraq as "aggression".

Archbishop Renato Martino, who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and
Peace, said: "Preventive war is a war of aggression and does not come under
the definition of a just war."

Martino was referring to the current US military build-up for a possible war
with Iraq, which has been labelled a "preventive war" by US officials, including
President George W. Bush.

The prelate, the Holy See's former representative at the United Nations,
where it has observer status, made the comments as he presented Pope
John Paul II's message for World Peace Day on January 1.-AFP