Pope John Paul II has decided to send a personal envoy to Washington to deliver a message to United States President George W Bush about the threatened war against Iraq. The Vatican has already made it amply clear that it opposes the US administration's plan for war against Iraq to remove President Saddam Hussein from power. The Pope has either seen in person - or sent his personal envoy - to several of the main protagonists in the current international crisis. The Vatican's peace-making efforts have included recent papal audiences at the Vatican with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy prime minister, and also the Spanish prime minister, who supports Mr Bush.

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