DECLARATION CONCERNING NEW MILITARY ATTACKS IN IRAQ

VATICAN CITY, JAN 25, 1999 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls, today made the following declaration in Mexico City, concerning the new military attacks in Iraq:

"This new incident confirms that which was already said by the Holy Father: Military means do not resolve problems, rather they make them worse."
OP/ATTACKS IRAQ/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 990126 (70)