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| Blix Believed Iraq Dossier Was 'Understated' |
| 2004-10-13 |
| Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix believed the Government's controversial Iraq weapons dossier actually understated the case against Saddam Hussein, according to documents released today by the Foreign Office. He suppoerted the case against Saddam before he came out against it. The papers released by the FO in time for the election in the US? show that British officials at the United Nations in New York showed a draft of the dossier to Dr Blix in September 2002, two weeks before the final version was published. A note from one official, Adam Bye, said that Dr Blix had liked the section on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as he believed that it did not exaggerate the facts. According to the note, Dr Blix said that the dossier even risked understating Iraq's ability to produce weapons of mass destruction — particularly the lethal anthrax virus. He also described the claim that even if Iraq was able to acquire fissile material from abroad, it would still take at least two years to build a working nuclear bomb as "modest". |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #1 Blix defintley seems to be on both sides of the issue here. Whats the deal? Is he looking for a job? |
| Posted by: robi 2004-10-13 10:00:21 PM |