Source: Semafor
“Pope Francis has revealed he was targeted in a failed assassination attempt during his 2021 visit to Iraq, according to excerpts of his upcoming memoir published in Italian media. UK intelligence warned Iraqi authorities — who in turn told Vatican security — that a woman wearing explosives was traveling to Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, with the intention of blowing herself up during the papal visit, the memoir revealed. A van traveled to the city with ‘the same intent,’ his security detail told the pope at the time.” (12/17/24)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/17/2024/pope-francis-details-assassination-attempt-in-iraq